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HISTORICAL WORK 



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NEW JERSEY. 



All A.Mi-ess delivered before the New Jersey Historical Society, at its 
Seini-Centennial Celebration, at Newark, May i6, 1895.' 



By WILLIAM NELSON, 



With a Bibliography of the Society. 



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With compliments of 

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In the latter part of the year 1S93 the writer suggested to 
the Rev. Dr. George S. Mott, then one of the Vice Presidents 
of the Society, that some notice ought to he taken of the ap- 
proaching semi-centennial anniversary of the New Jersey His- 
torical Society, but he did not care to agitate the subject him- 
self, as it would naturally bring to him, as Corresponding Sec- 
retary, an unwelcome addition to his already onerous labors. 
Dr. Mott, however, with characteristic enthusiasm, took up 
the idea, and brought the subject to the attention of the Ex- 
ecutive Committee, which body at once perceived the import- 
ance of commemorating the coming event on a large scale. 
The scope of the celebration gradually widened. A large 
committee of members was appointed to arrange all the de- 
tails, and was thus organized : 

Chairman — Franklin Murphy. 

On Arrangements — William R. Weeks, Charles Brad- 
ley, John Whitehead, Theodore Coe, Francis M. Tich- 
enor, John F. Dryden. 

On Speakers — Samuel H. Pennington, M. D., LL. D., 
Frederick W. Ricord, David A. Depue, LL. D,, Gar- 
ret D. \\'. Vroom, F. \Volcott Jackson. 

On Lwited Guests — Nathaniel Niles, Gen. William S. 
Stryker, Rev. George S. ^lott, D. D. 

Secretary and Treasurer — Ernest E. Coe. 

In connection with the celebration of the centennial of the 
inauguration of George Washington as the first Piesident of 
the United States, April 30th, i 7S9, the Society had ordered a 
medal to be struck, and a copy in gold to be presented to Ben- 
jamin Harrison, who was inaugurated President in 18S9. It 
was decided to make this presentation a feature of the semi- 
centennial of the Society, if Gen. Harrison's presence could be 
secured. 

The exercises were held at two o'clock in the afternoon of 
May i6th, 1S95, in the Essex Lyceum in Clinton street. New- 



ark, the Society tlien having no building of its own, and its 
rooms being entirely unfitted for a large meeting. The spacious 
hall was filled by a very large and representative audience, from 
all parts of the State, and included many distinguished guests 
from beyond New Jersey. 

The programme was very simple, consisting of an address 
by the writer, an address by Prof. Woodrow Wilson, Ph. D., 
LL. D., of Princeton University, on " The Course of Amer- 
ican History ;" presentation of the Gold Medal referred to 
above, to Gen. Benjamin Harrison, President of the United 
States, 18S9-1S93, the medal being presented in a ringing his- 
torical address by Austin Scott, Ph. D., LL. D., President of 
Rutgers College, recounting some striking passages in New 
Jersey's annals, whereby this State had become " A Highway 
of the Nation;" and a felicitous reply by Gen. Harrison. 

When the writer was invited to deliver the historical ad- 
dress on the occasion, he accepted, with the condition on his 
part that he should not l)e expected to occupy more than fifteen 
minutes in its delivery, being allowed to expand the address at 
his discretion in the printing. When published it was inten- 
tionally made very fuli , in order that it should present a (de- 
tailed historv of the Society, even at the risk of being tedious. 
In the present form the 1 19 pages given in the Proceedings and 
Collections of the Society are expanded to 133 pages. A few 
additional illustrations are also given. 

This semi-centennial celebration aroused a great revival of 
interest in the Society, and was in a large measure the means 
of giving a marked impetus to the movement for acquiring the 
property of the Newark Library Association on West Park 
street, which was ultimately accomplished, whereby the Soci- 
ety was enabled in 1900 to move from the overgrown quarters 
where it had languished for forty years, into the splendid and 
spacious building it now occupies. 



SYNOPSIS. 



Faut I. — Iloir the W(iy was Prepared. 

First Works ou New Jersey Histor}', 4. — Foreign historiaus, 
5.— The Swedish Settlements in New Jersey, 6.— Gordon's 
History and Gazetteer, 7. — Bancroft's thrilling eloquence, 8. 
—Nicholas Murray— William A. Whitehead, 8.— Fenwick's 
Colony, 10.— A Fascinating Puzzle, 10.— Barber and Howe's 
Historical Collections, II.— Trenton.- Old Gloucester, 12.— 
The First Dutch Settlers of New Jersey, and their fair dealings 
with the Indians, 13.— Failures Culminating in a Larger Suc- 
cess, 15. 

Paet IL — Organization of the Xew Jersey Historical ,Societi/. 
Efforts to induce the Legislature to procure from foreign offices 
documents relating to New Jersey, 15-16.— First meeting to or- 
ganize the Society, 16.— Names of those present, 17.— Bio- 
graphical sketch^'s of the Presidents of the Societj', 1845-1895: 
Chief Justice Joseph Coerten Hornblower, 18; James Parker, 
19; Richard Stockton Field, 20; John Rutherfurd, 21; Rev. 
Ravaud Kearny Rodgers, 22; Chancellor Henry W. Green. 23; 
Rev. Samuel M. Hamill, D. D., 25; John Clement, 26; Sam- 
uel H. Pennington, M. D., LL. D., 28.— Some Vice Presidents 
of the Society : Richard Gibbon Johnson, 30; Gov. Peter D. 
Yroom, 31; Stacy Gardiner Potts, 32; James Gore King, 32; 
William Alexander Duer, 32; William Lewis Day ton, 33 ; Wil- 
liam Burnet Kinney, 34; Peter S. Duryee, 35; John T. Nixon, 
36.— The Corresponding Secretaries: William Adee Whitehead, 
37; Stephen Wickes, M. D., 41.— Deceased Recording Secreta- 
ries: Joseph P. Bradley, 43; Dr. John S. Condit, 45; David Ab- 
bott Hayes, 47 ; Adolphus Pennington Young, 47. The 

Treasurers and Librarians: Thomas J. Stryker, 48; James 
Ross, 49; Solomon Alofsen, 49; Col. Robert Smith Swords, 50; 
Thomas Gordon, 51; Samuel H. Cougar, .">2; Martin R, Den- 
nis, 53; Frederick William Ricord, 54. — Some members of 
the Executive Committee: Rev. Daniel Veach McLean, D. D., 
55; Rev. Nicholas Murra\-, D. D., 56; Archer Gifford, 57 



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SYNOPSIS. 

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Bev. Eli Field Cooley, 58; Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck, 58; 
Et. Rev. George Washington Doane, D. D., LL. D., 59; Elias 
Biilej' Dayton Ogdeu, 59; Rev. John Maclean, D. D., 60; 
Littleton Kiikpatrick, 60; Gov. Daniel Haines, 61; Other 
members of the Committee, 61-62. — Other Friends of Promi- 
nence, 63-64. 

Part III. — The Society's Lihrary. 
The gathering of the Library, 67.— Some of its treasures, 69.— 
Contests over the Location of the Library, 70-73. —The Libra- 
ry is finally located at Mewark, in Upper Library Hall, in 1849, 
72.— Growth and Management of the Library, 74-77.— Support- 
ed by private subscriptions, 77. —The Library removed in 1860 
to the Newark Banking Company's building, where it remained 
forty years, 74.— Temporary Librarians employed, 77-80.— A 
permanent Librarian appointed, in 1881, 80. — Statistics of 
the Library's growth, 82.— Effoits to secure a permanent 
home for the Society, in 1852, 83.— A site purchased, in 
1854, 84. — Subscribers therefor, 85. — Resolutions to build, 
adopted in 1859, 1867, 1871, 1887, 1889, 85-95.— Propositions 
looking toward the removal of the Library from Mewark, 90, 
92, 94, 98. — Movement to secure the Newark Library Associa- 
tion's building, 96-97. 

Part IV. — The Society's PiiUicntions. 
The "Proceedings" of the Society, character and terms of pub- 
lication, 99.— The "Collections:" I. East Jersey under the Pro- 
prietary Governments, 103 ; II. Life of William Alexander, Earl 
of Stirling, 103; III. Provincial Courts of New Jer.sey, 104; IV. 
Papers of Gov. Lewis Morris, 104; V. Analytical Index to Docu- 
ments relating to New Jersey, 110-114; VI. Records of the 
Town of Newark, 105; Newark Bi-Centennial, 1C7; VII. History 
of New Jersey under the Constitution of 1776, 107.— The New 
Jersey Archives, 110-120. —The Committee on Colonial Docu- 
ments, 121. 

Part Y. — Other Work of the Society. 

Local Historical Societies, 122. —Extended Census Statistics, 124. 
— The Centennial Celebration of 1889, 124. —The Centennial 
Medal, 127. — Importance of Permanent Funds for carrying on 
the Society's Work, 131. 

Notes.— Manuscript Collections, 133. — Donations of special inter- 
est, 134.— Portraits, 135.1— Abstract cf the Society's title to the 

1 The bust of the Princess Pauline Bonaparte, referred to on page 136, proved 
on examination to be merely a metal casting, painted white, and which was set 
up in the gardens of the ex-King of Spain at Bordentown. The marble bust by 
Canova was sold at the auction sale of Joseph Bonaparte's effects, at Bordentown, 
Sept. 18. 1845, for $260. to Mr. Flnndin. according to a priced copy of the sale cata- 
logue in the writer's possession. 



SYNOPSIS. 

West Park street lot, Newark, 136. i— List of the Society's invited 
guests, iu the Naval Parade, April 29, 1889, li2.— Details as to 
the Ceuteanial Me.lal, size, weight, cost, contributors to, and 
subscribers for, 148-150. 
Bibliography OF THE Society. I. Constitution and bj--laws, 151. 
II. Proceedings, 151. III. Collections, 157. IV. New Jersey 
Archives, 158. V. Separate addresses, 160-165. 



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Index to the Bibliography lf,9 

General Index . . . . , 275 

1 This abstract also includes the early history of the title to the Newark Li- 
brary Associations property adjoining the Society's lot. 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



^ Joseph P. Bradley, Recording Secretary, 1845-1847 Opposite page 43 

v' Aaron Burk, Vice President of the United States, from the portrait 

by Stuart, iu the Society's Library, l 135 

Ernest E. Coe, Recording Secretary, 1894-1897 97 

4 John Clement, Eighth President of the Society, 1890-1894 32 

■i John S. Condit, M. D., Recording Secretary, 1847-1848 45 

n' Samuel H. Congar, Librarian, 1852-1872 53 

J Richard S. Field, Third President of the Society, 1869-1870 20 

Henry W. Green, Sixth President of the Society, 1875 108 

Edmund D. Halsey, member of the Committee on Colonial Docu- 
ments, 1894-1896 122 

■• Rev. Samuel McClintock Hamill, D. D., Seventh President of the 

Society, 1876-1889 26 

' Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, 1889-1893.2 . . 125 

/ David Abbott Hayes, Recording Secretary, 1848-1875 47 

••'Joseph C. Hornblower, First President of the Society, 1845-1864. Title 

/Rev. George S. Mott, D. D., Vice President, 1890-1897 144 

\' Franklin Murphy. Chairman of the Committee on Semi-Cent en- 

nial Celebration . . 9 

J William Nelson, Recording Secretary, 1880-1890; Corresponding 

Secretary, 1890-1902 3 

-i Nathaniel Niles, the author of the original appropriation for the 
New Jersey Archive.s, and the originator of the Society's Wash- 
ington Centennial Medal 116 

V CoRTLANDT Parker, solc survivor of the original members of the 

. Society 17 

■J James Parker, Second President of the Societj', 1865-1868 12 

J Samuel H. Pennington, M. D., LL. D., Ninth President of the So- 
ciety, 1894-1896 29 

•J Frederick William RicoRD, Treasurer and Librarian, 1881-1897.. 54 
■■I Rev. Ravaud Kearny Rodgers, D. D., Fifth President of the 

Society, 1872-1875 72 

John Rutherford, Fourth President of the Society, 1871 23, 61 

>i Austin Scott, Ph. D., LL. D., Vice President of the Society 121 

1 By the courtesy of Small, Maynard & Company, of Boston. 

2 By the courtesy of D. A. Appleton & Company, of New York. 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 

^ Thomas J. Strykek, Treasurer, 1845-1848 Opposite page 48 

, William S. Stryker, LL. D., Tenth Presitleut of the Society, 1896- 

1900 80 

■ Peter D. Vroom, Vice President of the Society, 1845-1851 88 

, William C. Wallace, the oldest member of the Society at the Semi- 
centennial Celebration (see page 28, note) C4 

William E. Weeks, Kecordiug Secretary, 1891-1894 150 

Stephen Wickes, M. D., Correspoudins; Secretarj', 1885-1889 41 

. Prof. WooDROw Wilson, Ph. D. , LL. D 128 

V William A. Whitehead, Corresponding Secretary, 1845-1884 37 

Index to Bibliography 169 

General Index . 175 




WILLIAM NELSON 



Mr. President, and Friends, of the Nciv Jersey IJistorieat 
Society : 
When the invitation was extended to me two or three 
weeks ago, to prepare for this occasion an address review- 
ing the work of the Historical Society in the past fifty 
years, I confess that it staggered me. Visions immedi- 
ately arose in my mind of statistical tables, giving the num- 
ber of books, of pamphlets, of newspapers, of portraits, 
pictures and manuscripts in the collections of the Society; 
of the number of volumes of Proceedings, of the pages in 
each volume, of the long lists of papers read at the hun- 
dred or more meetings during the last half century; of the 
men who had been instrumental in founding and carrying 
on its work — noniina venerabilia — and among them how 
difficult to select those deserving special mention without 
doing injustice to others. All these and countless other 
details going to make up the visible evidence of the work 
of the New Jersey Historical Society, came into my mind. 
And with them came the thought that while many would 
linger tenderly over the names of those men who have 
passed away, and would recall with pleasure the voice, the 
smile, the inspiring word of many a one who has long since 
gone over to the majority ; while the younger students of 
history might be pleased to have pointed out to them the 
treasures of information buried in our printed Proceedings, 
such details as these are apt to be tiresome upon an occa- 
sion like this. And so, submitting these ideas to your 
committee, I accepted their invitation with the express 



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proviso that I should be excused from dwelling upon these 
minuticX, and instead be indulged in speaking somewhat 
informally regarding the origin, the progress, and the work 
of the New Jersey Historical Society. 

In these latter days of persistent investigation regard- 
ing the origin of things, it is proper to recognize the fact 
that if this Society, like Minerva, sprang into being full 
grown, it nevertheless had its germinal period, during which 
attention was gradually directed to the fact that the early 
settlement and government of New Jersey presented many 
phases of peculiar interest, and hence arose a desire for 
fuller knowledge. 



PART I. 
How the Way was Prepared. 

" what's past is prologue." 

Industrious Persons, by an exact and scrupulous Dilis<ence and Observations, 
out of Monuments. Names, Words. Proverbs, Traditions, Private Records and 
Evidences. Fragments of Stories, Passages of BooIjs that concern not Story, and 
the like, do save and recover Somewhat from the Deluge of Time.— Bnco/i,Aif7'n/iri- 
tiient of Learning., Book II. 

The first work lo present the original sources of infor- 
mation on these topics was the invaluable compilation of 
Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer, published in 1758, and 
embracing the Grants and Concessions of the first English 
Lords Proprietaries, with other documents, legislative enact- 
ments, and miscellaneous records, covering the period 
from the Grant of King Charles I., in 1664, to the surren- 
der by the Proprietaries to Queen Anne, in 1702. It is 
not unlikely that the publication of this collection induced 
Samuel Smith, of Burlington, to undertake a history of 
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, of which the portion relat- 
ing to our State was printed at Burlington, by James 



Parker,' in 1765, with the title, " History of the Colony of 
Nova Cresaria, or New Jersey." This admirable work sets 
forth many previously unpublished documents and letters, 
particularly in relation to the settlement of West Jersey, 
chiefly by Friends.'- It is to be regretted that the author 
onl)' brought the narrative down to 1721. 

FOREIGN IIISTORI.VNS. 

An additional contribution to our early history appeared 
in Chalmers's "Political Annals, "'Mn 1780, followed two 
years later by the same author's " Introduction to the Re- 
volt of the Colonies." The former work, however, was 
costly and ponderous, and the latter was immediately sup- 
pressed by the writer,^ so that neither was readily available 
to the student. More philosophical in character, and writ- 
ten in a spirit of sympathetic appreciation, was Grahame's 
History,'' the first two volumes of which appeared in 1827; 
the second volume gave a concise but clear view of the 
complexities attending the first twenty years of English 

1 It was NtaU'd by Isaiah Thomas, in his History of Printinjr. issued in 1810. that 
Parker removed his press from Woodbrld-re to Biirlin.>rt()n. to aei'omniodate Mr. 
Smith, and that when the History was completed the press was returned to U'ood- 
brid^e. The story was such a fjood one. as illustrative of the primitive days of 
printing in New Jersey, that it has been repeated innumerable times since. A'on 
c' vera, e ben trovnto ! But it is not true. Parker had a press at Woodbridfi'e and an- 
other at Burlington at the same time, and continued printinir at both places until 
1770. 

2 The original MS. of Samuel Smith is in the library of the Society. Robert 
Proud evidently drew lartrely from it for his History of Pennsylvania, allhoujrh he 
fails to make acknowledgments. See Proceedings N. J. Hist. Soc. VIII.. 40. rit!. 

" Political Annals of the Present United Colonies, from their Settlement to the 
Peace of 17(33: Compiled chiefly from Records, and authorized often by the Inser- 
tion of State-Papers. By George Cnulmers. Esq. Book I. For the Author, by J. 
Bowen. M.i)cc.r,.\.\.v. -Ito. Pp. (H). li'Vi. A ■•Continuation." by the author, was 
printed from his MS. in the N. Y. Hist. Society's Collections. IHliS. 

4 It was ri'i)rinted. with a second volume, from the authors MS., in 1X4.'\ at 
Boston. 

J The History of the Rise and Progress of the United States of North America, 
till the British Revolution in 1()8«. By James Grahame". Esq. In two volumes. 
London. lH-i7. 8vo. Pp. xvi. 531 : viii. o-28. The complete work in four volumes 
(the tirst two volumes revised) appeared in 183(5. It was reprinted, enlarged and 
amended, at Boston, in 1815. with a prefatory memoirof the author. 



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rule in New Jersey, and was the best presentation of the 
subject which had yet appeared. 

In 1822 William Griffith, the eminent lawyer, of Bur- 
lington, in his Annual Lazv Register of the United States, 
Vol. IV., gave the first succinct account of the origin, his- 
tory, jurisdiction and practice of the Courts of New Jersey, 
a work that is becoming more appreciated in these later 
years than it was at first. 

A revival of patriotic zeal in New Jersey's splendid Rev- 
olutionary record attended the appearance in 1833 of 
Theodore Sedgwick's valuable though sadly inadequate 
Memoir of the Life of William Livingston,^ the vigorous 
and efficient Governor through the trying epoch, 1776- 
1790. It was perhaps due to this that the Legislature was 
led, in 1835, to order the reprinting of the Journals of the 
Provincial Congress of 1775— 1776. 

THE SWEDISH SETTLEMENTS IN NEW JERSEY. 

The subject of the Swedish settlements on the Delaware 
was still a sealed book to the American historian. The 
New York Historical Society, in the second volume of its 
collections, in 18 14, had given fourteen pages of a quaint 
" Extract of a Translation of the History of New Svveed 
Land in America, written in Sweed by Thomas Campanius 
Holm, late of New Sweed Land Al's Delaware." Its third 
volume of Collections, in 1821, contained some extracts 
from Maryland records relative to the assertion of Dutch 
control over New Sweden; but it Vv^as not until 1834 that 
scholars were given a full translation of Holm's invaluable 
work (published at Stockholm in 1702), by Peter S. Du- 

1 A Memoir of the Life of William Livingston, member of Congress in 1774, 
1775, and 177(5: delegate to the Federal Convention in 1787. and Governor of the 
State of New-Jersey from 1776 to 1790. With extracts from his correspondence, 
and notices of various members of his family. By Theodore Sedgwick, jun. New- 
York, 1833. 8vo. Pp.449, (2), 7. A few years after Livingston's death it was an- 
nounced in Mew Jersey newspapers of the day that a collection of his writings, 
with a memoir, was about to be published, and Sedgwick says the proposition was 
favorably received. Who was collecting this material, and what became of it? 



ponceau, and which appeared in Vol. Ill of the Memoirs 
of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania ' This work, the 
account by Acrelius, and some unpublished manuscript 
notes by the Rev. Andreas Rudman, furnished the mate- 
rials for a little book, " Annals of the Swedes on the Dela- 
ware," by the Rev. Jehu Curtis Clay, issued in 1835."' 

gordon's history and gazetteer. 
While attention had been thus bestowed upon special 
features of New Jersey history, no attempt was made to 
supplement or supersede Samuel Smith's work until 1834, 
when Thomas F. Gordon published his " History of New 
Jersey from its discovery by Europeans, to the adoption of 
the Federal Constitution." It was accompanied by a 

'• 8vo. Pp. ItJU. The sumt' Socifty addt'd to our oblijj-alions in this direction by 
publishing, in 1874. in handsome style, as Vol. XI. of its Memoirs, an excellent 
translation, by William M. Reynolds. D. D.. of the hir^e work of Israel Acrelius, 
"A History of New Sweden: or. the Settlements on the Delaware." with a valua- 
ble Introduction and Notes. 8yo. Pp. 1. 17-4o8. The orifrinal was wretchedly 
printed at Stockholm, in 1759. in a square octavo, lar^e type. pp. (20). 533. (1). For 
various papers relating to the Swedes in New Jersey see •• A Brief Account of 
the Swedish Mission in Raccoon and Penn"s Neck. Nevv Jersey." by Rev. Nicholas 
Collin. D. D.. in N. J. Hist. Soc. Proc. III.. 105 122: •• History and Location of Fort 
Nassau on the Delaware," by Edward Armstrong, in N, J, Hist, Soc. Proc. VI.. 
187-207: 'Scandinavian Settlements in New Jersey."' in N. J. Hist. Soc. Proc IX.. 
141-2: •■ Swedish Settlements in Gloucester County prior to 1684." by John Clem- 
ent, in Penn. Matr. of Hist, and Biog.. XVII.. 83. Vol. XII.. of N. Y. Col. Docs., 
is entirely made up of documents relating to the Swedes and the Dutch on the Del- 
aware. Vol. v.. 2d Penn. Archives, consists of Papers relating to the Swedish 
Colonies on the Delaware, and Vol. VII,, of the same series, is largely made up 
from Vol. XII,, N. Y. Col. Docs. The "• Annals of Pennsylvania."" by Samuel Haz- 
ard, Philadelphia, 1850, contains much on the same subject, Benjamin Ferris, in 
his History of the Original Settlements on the Delaware. Wilmington, 1846. de- 
plored the lack of translations of the Swedish authors, apparently appreciating 
the importance and interest of this theme. But the subject of the local govern- 
ment, system of land tenure, and details of the times and places of the Swedish 
settlements in New Jersey, is still virgin field for the patient investigator. The 
Dissertatio Gradualis de Plantatione Ecclesia; Svecana; in America, by Tobias E. 
Biorck. Upsal. 1731, is worthy of a translation and proper annotation. In his Eng- 
lish (':) dedication he makes allusion to 

How .Swedish Church is planted there. 
Of Swedish Priests and Sheeps, 

On both they Sides of <ft- la Ware. 
Among great many Heaps, 

Of diverse Sects and Indians. 
2 Philadelphia. Small 12mo. Pp. 180. A second edition, "corrcclcii and en- 
larged,"' was published in 1858, t2mo,, pp, 179,- 



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Gazetteer, the first and only one ever attempted for our 
State. The History is merely a compilation, with little 
effort at originality, and none at literary embellishment, 
but with all its deficiencies is a meritorious work. 

BANCROFT'S THRILLING ELOQUENCE. 

This same year was signalized by the appearance of the 
first volume of Bancroft's History of the United States, 
wherein the remotely scattered events that led to the dis- 
covery and settlement of the American Colonies were 
marshaled in stately order, and related with a glowing elo- 
quence that lent to his pages all the charm of romance. 
The second volume, issued in 1837, clothed the dry annals 
of Chalmers, and the terse narrative of Grahame, relative 
to New Jersey, with the flesh and blood of reality, as the 
fiendish persecutions of Claverhouse, the butcheries of 
Jefferies, and the glorious sturdihood of the Scotch Cove- 
nanters were all made to throw a lurid light upon the cir- 
cumstances attending the Scottish settlements in East Jer- 
sey. Bancroft created a new school of historians in Amer- 
ica, and did inestimable service in making history attrac- 
tive, while disdaining to sacrifice accuracy to rhetorical 
effect. 

There are who doubtless deem It justly said 
That fact with poesy should never wed: . . . 
'Tis just — when Fancy, passing lawful bounds, 
The fair proportions of the truth confounds: 
Not, when she simply to the li^ht would hold. 
And crown the picture with her frame of gold. 
And reasons throng me why the Muses twain. 
That o"er the realms of fact, and fancy, reign. 
Would search the heart more surely hand in hand, 
And rule more widely with a twin command. 

Who can doubt that Bancroft's early volumes aroused a 
special interest among many Jerseymen in all that per- 
tained to their early annals? 

NICHOLAS MURRAY — WILLIAM A. WHITEHEAD. 
About this time (1833-1834) a young clergyman at 
Elizabethtown began gathering materials concerning the 



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history of his church and town, which he presented to his 
people in a series of New Year's sermons, until in 1844 he 
was induced, at the request of his congre^^ation, to publish 
the results of his researciies, in what was at that time the 
best local history yet issued in New Jersey.' This was an 
account of the first of the New England colonies in our 
State, and it had peculiar interest from the fact that it 
described the origin and progress of a settlement inde- 
pendent of and hostile to the claims of the East Jersey 
Proprietaries and their Government — an iiiiperium in iin- 
pcrior 

Shortly before Mr. Murray had his attention drawn 
to historical subjects, another }'oung man — William A. 
Whitehead — became interested in the annals of the ancient 
town of Perth Amboy, where he had spent his adolescent 
years, and while paying his attention at another shrine, was 
likewise a devotee of the Muse of History. To his skilful 
pencil we are indebted for accurate drawings depictincj 
buildings and scenes in and about Perth Amboy as far back 
as 1832, "copying fair what time had blurred." Hav- 
ing special facilities for access to the records of the East 
Jersey Proprietaries, in the office at Perth Amboy, and to 
the extensive accumulations of his prospective father-in- 
law, James Parker, he was able to glean in an unexplored 
field. Like Chaucer's Clerk, 

Gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche. 

1 Notes. Historical and Biographical, concerning Elizabeth-Town, its eminent 
men. churches and ministers. By Nicholas Murray. Elizabeth-Town. 1844. \i mo. 
Pp. 166. In the preface he relates the origin of the work. 

2 The Proprietaries" side had been set forth with prodigious research and great 
legal acumen in the Elizabeth-Town Bill in Chancery, printed in 1747— a mine of 
information regarding the title of the Proprietaries and their grantees, and the 
original settlement of the present Essex. Union. Middlesex and Somerset counties. 
The original Bill, beautifully engrossed on parchment, was discovered by Joseph 
P. Bradley, in his younger days as a practitioner, lying scattered on the floor of a 
room in the Chancery clerk"s ofHce. where his assistants were utilizing it by cut- 
ting off strips for writs and other purposes. He identified it. and had it rescued 
from further mutilation. It is now carefully preserved in the ofl1;'e of the Clerk in 
Chancery, in the State House. 

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and hence there appeared in the Newark Daily Advertiser, 
about 1840, a series of articles, " Glimpses of the Past," in 
which were narrated with a graceful style that added to the 
charm of an interesting theme, accounts of the early settle- 
ments, the governmental difficulties, the prominent men, 
the manners and customs of by-gone days in East Jersey. 
These were afterwards gathered together, with additions, 
and published in works hereafter mentioned.^ 

FENWICK'S COLONY. 
In 1839 Col. Robert G. Johnson, a lineal descendant of 
John Fenwick, and the inheritor of his papers, published 
"An Historical Account of the First Settlement of Salem, 
in West Jersey." This gave a much fuller and more accu- 
rate narration than had previously appeared, of the 
settlement of that part of the State south of Burlington, 
and made available to the student a number of valuable 
original documents. 

A FASCINATING PUZZLE. 
One of the fascinating puzzles of New Jersey history 
has long been that excessively rare little tract, by "Beau- 
champ P.'antagenet" : "A Description of the Province of 
New Albion. And a Direction for Adventurers with small 
stock to get two for one, and good land freely. And for 
Gentlemen, and all Servants, Labourers, and Artificers, to 
live Plentifully. And a former Description Reprinted of 
the healthiest, pleasantest, and richest Plantation of New 
Albion in North Virginia, proved by thirteen Witnesses," 
and so on and so on — a ponderous title, surely, for a pamph- 
let of thirty-eight pages, to say nothing of the further 
weight of three woodcuts of the "Ploydenes Armes," "Al- 

1 It is a curious fact that New Jersey history is so greatly indebted to these two 
men— Nicholas Murray and William A. Whitehead~the one an Irishman, and the 
other the son of an Englishman. A parallel is found in New York, whose dis- 
tinguished historiographer, the translator of most of her Dutch documents, and 
the ablest chronicler of the Dutch sway in New Netherland— not even barring 
Diedrich Knickerbocker!— was Dr. Edmund B. O'CallaKhan, an Irishman, 



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bions Armes," and "The Order, Medall and Riban of the 
Albion Knights." So far as the vague and bombastic de- 
scriptions enlighten us, this "Province of Xcw Albion" in- 
cluded Xew Jersey, which the tract, published in 1650, as- 
serts was occupied by Sir lulmund Plo}'den in 1648, under 
a patent from King Charles I. An ingenious "Exam- 
ination" of this work was published in 1840 by John Pen- 
ington,' in which some of the improbabilities and absurd 
ities of the author are cleverly exposed. Curiously enough, 
so far as the writer is aware no adequate attempt has been 
made thoroughly to cover this ground, although it is clear 
that Mr. Penington by no means settled the question.'^' 

BARBER AND HOWE's "HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS." 

Thus far West Jersey had produced most of the histo- 
ries and historians of our State. Now a more ambitious 
enterprise was undertaken. Encouraged by success along 
the same line in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New 
York, two young men came to New Jersey in the spring of 
1842, and with much industry accumulated a large amount 
of material relating to the history of the several counties 
and minor subdivisions of the State, which they published 
in 1844, under the modest title, " Historical Collections of 
the State of New Jersey" — by John \V. Barber and Henry 
Howe. It was a stout octavo, of 512 pages, bound in 
mottled sheep, and was adorned with scores of rude wood- 

1 Philiidolphiii. 8vo. Pp. '.iX Keprintt'd from Memoirs of tlie Historical Society 
ol Pennsylvania, Vol. IV.. pp. 133-16.5. 

2 The Rev. Garret C. Schenek in "An Inquiry into the location of Mount Ploy- 
den, the seat of the Raritan Kin;,'." a paper read before this Society. Sept. 11. 18.tI. 
applied his knowledtre of the topofrraphy and peopraphy of Central New Jersey to 
the tentative solution of sonie of the problems presented by Plantapenefs loose 
descriptions.— -V. J. Hist. Hoc. I'roc, VI.. 25. Many facts concerning Plowden are 
piven in "Sir Edmund Plowden, Lord Earl Palatinate. Governor and Captain 
General of New Albion in North America," a paper by the Rev. Edward D. Neill. 
in the Penn. Map.. V.. 203. Additional particulars of his stormy experiences in New 
Jersey are piven in the same Mapazine. VII.. .50. topether with a certified copy of 
his Patent, dated 21 June. lOth Charles I. See also N. Y. Hist. Soc. Coll.. 1869. 
213-20, for contemporary allusions to I'loyden, 



cuts, marked by a direct simplicity and a rough fidelity to 
nature that have made them the delight of two generations 
of children since their first appearance. The work was 
roughly thrown together. Gordon's Gazetteer furnished 
most of the geographical, topographical and statistical 
data. A few well known diaries and biographies supplied 
the details of Revolutionary events in the various localities, 
and frequently old newspapers, ancient records, tomb- 
stones, or the "oldest inhabitant" were drawn upon for 
local chronicles of a more or less trustworthy character. 
Imperfect as it was, probably no book has done as much 
to arouse an interest in New Jersey history as " Barber and 
Howe."' 

TRENTON. — OLD GLOUCESTER. 

A series of articles in a Trenton newspaper in 184c, by 
the Rev. Eli F. Cooley, brought to light much valuable in- 
formation concerning that neighborhood, of more than 
local interest, because of Washington's famous strategic 
move in recrossing the Delaware on Christmas night, in 
1776, and on account of the location of the State capital, 
so near to the line between East Jersey and West Jersey. 

Shortly after, Isaac Mickle, a prominent lawyer of 
Camden, began publishing in a local journal a number of 
papers on the early history of that region, which were 
issued in book form in the beginning of 1845, under the 
title, " Reminiscences of Old Gloucester; or incidents in 
the history of the Counties of Gloucester, Atlantic and 
Camden."'* These "Reminiscences" comprised copious 
extracts from ancient local records, and contained a mass 
of information about the early settlements, the whole set 

1 other editions were printed from tlie same plates in 1845. in ISriH. and in 1868. 
Of the introductory chapter, pp. 35-5:2. 59-63. were drawn from William A. White- 
head's "Glimpses of the Past," previously published in the Ncivark Daily Adver- 

iisfr. 

2 Printed at Camden (in double columns, from newspaper type), but ijublished 
in Philadelphia. 8vo. Pp. (4), 98. (1). A second edition (a reprint) was issued, 
in similar form, at Camden, in 1877. 8vo. Pp. (:i). 106. 





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forth in elegant diction and with a wealth of erudition and 
classic allusion that make the book to this day one of the 
most readable contributions to our local history.' 

THE FIRST DUTCH SETfLERS OF NEW JERSEY. 

Those who have followed me thus far may have noticed 
with surprise that no mention has been made of any his- 
tory of the Dutch settlements of New Jersey. Simply be- 
cause there was none. The first settlers of our State, the 
sturdy pioneers who here planted the original banners of 
civilization, of religious and political liberty ; who offered 
a free asylum to all men and all women, without question- 
ing their views as to kings, potentates or forms of govern- 
ment ; who respected every man's religious faith as a mat- 
ter between himself and his God ; those brave, simple Hol- 
landers who first established in New Netherland (including 
New Jersey) the principles of free self-government which 
they had brought with them from their native land — these 
splendid patriots and founders of a genuine Republic in 
America, and here in our own State, forty years before the 
English dreamed of settling in New Jersey — had found no 
historian to chronicle these beginnings of home rule, des- 
tined to leaven the whole body politic of America, until the 
principle here quietly asserted and practiced on the Hud- 
son and the Delaware, should be established throughout 
this land, this continent, and this hemisphere, and even in 

1 The tinale is worth quotin;,': 

•■Of the ninety-six men whose writin<fs. gentle reader, we have carefully ran- 
sacked for thy amusement, or it may be, thy instruction, of [a] few we have 
thought it best to make special mention. For. as in writing the history of Glou- 
cester county, we have sought to give thee not those facts which any school-book 
or newspaper could tell thee, but rather those which are curious, and by the ignor-- 
ant. incredible; so in speaking of the historians of our good County, we introduce 
to thee not thorough acciuaintances, such as Smith and Gordon, but those ancient 
worthies who hide themselves in the corners of libraries and the lofts of houses. 
It is these whom we have invoked to tell thee stories of thy native land. Question 
them soundly; for they can give thee much that we have not even hinted. Re- 
member them well; for it is at home that true knowledge ever begins." 



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the Old World, that " all men are created free and equal. "^ 
Strangely enough, the very names of these early heroes, 
soldiers and statesmen were known to the men of this cen- 
tury only through Washington Irving's absurd travesty, 
characterized by inaccuracy, gross caricature, and a total 
lack of perception of the truths so strangely distorted.- But 
at last New York awoke to the partial realization of the in- 
justice which had been done her early history by the pseu- 
donymous " Diedrich Knickerbocker." In 1841 the New 
York Historical Society began a new series of its valu- 
able Collections, in a volume embracing the earliest ac- 
counts of New Netherland.'^ In the same year the State 
of New York sent John Romeyn Brodhead abroad^ to 
glean from the archives of England, Holland and France 
whatever he could find relating to that State. The result 
subsequently appeared in O'Callaghan's History of New 
Netherland,'"' in Brodhead's History of New York,'^ 1609- 



1 It may be said that the Dvitch set the commendable example of buying the lands 
of the Indians. Manhattan Island having been so purchased and paid for in 1626. 
In 1629 the Dutch West India Company, in the charter of liberties, provided that 
'• whoever shall settle any colony out of the limits of the Manhattan Island, shall 
be obliged to satisfy the Indians for the land they shall settle upon." This was 
fifteen years before William Penn was born, and more than half a century before 
he adopted the honest Dutch custom, in his famous treaty with the Indians of 
Pennsylvania. 

2 In 1846 David T. Valentine began the publication, in his Manual of the Corpor- 
ation of the City of New York, of extracts from the Proceedings of the Director 
General and Councillors of New Netherland. and of the Bui-gomaster and Schepens 
of New Amsterdam. This historical department of his Manual proved so popular 
that in subsequent issues he greatly expanded it. so that the series of Corporation 
Manuals from 1846 to 1870 contain a vast amount of information relating to the 
government and the families of New Netherland. including the west side of the 
Hudson river. 

3 8vo. Pp. 486. About 360 pages relate to the Dutch settlement of the country. 
i The New York Historical Society had memorialized the Legislature of that 

State in 1814 and again in 1838 on the importance of procuring from the archives of 
foreign governments the documents absolutely necessary to throw light on her his- 
tory. The second effort was successful in securing the legislation under which Mr. 
Brodhead was commissioned as the agent of the State for the purpose. 

<; History of New Netherland; or. New York under the Dutch. By E. B. OCal- 
laghan. M. D. Vol. I. was issued in New York in 1845, and a second edition in 1855. 
8vo. Pp. 493. Vol. II. in 1848. 8vo. Pp. 608. 

6 History of the State of New York. By John Romeyn Brodhead. First Peri- 
od, 1609-1664. 8vo. Pp. xv, 801. 



1664, but, most important, in that splendid series of quarto 
volumes known as the New York Colonial Documents' — a 
ma_c;nificcnt monument to an intelligent pride in her annals 
by the Empire State. 

FAILURES CULMINATING IN A LARGER SUCCESS. 

The example thus set by New York led to an effort in 
the same direction in New Jersey, where an appeal was 
made to the Legislature to avail itself of the opportunit}^ to 
ascertain through Mr. Brodhead, then in Europe, what there 
was in foreign archives throwing light upon the history of 
our own State. In 1844 Governor Daniel Haines was in- 
duced to commend this subject to the Legislature in his 
annual message, and the matter was referred to a commit- 
tee, which subsequently made an admirable and compre- 
hensive report. This document'- was drawn up by William 
A. Whitehead, who was deeply interested in the project. 
A significant passage occurs in the report : "// is, perhaps, 
a matter of regret that an association similar to the Histor- 
ical Society of Neiu York, has not been formed in Neiv Jer- 
sey, to collect materials and obtain information on this sub- 
ject." The measure was again lost in the Assembly. But 
like many more momentous movements in the world's on- 

1 Documents relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York : pro- 
cured in Holland. England and France, by John Romcyn Brodhead. Agent. . . . 
Edited by E. B. O'Callaghan. Albany. 1858-18B1. 4to. 10 vols, and index. The vol- 
umes covering the Dutch era of course relate largely to New Jersey, but the whole 
series is indispensable to him who would know the history of the men and events 
of our State prior to the Revolution. The publication was resumed in 1877. when 
Vol. XII. was issued, relating to the Dutch and the Swedes on the Delaware. Ad- 
ditional volumes are XIII.. in 1881. relating to the History and Settlement of the 
towns along the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers. UWO-KiSJ: XIV.. in 188:i. relating to 
the history of the early Colonial Settlements, particularly in Long Island. Ui:}()- 
1684: XV.. in 1887, New York in the Revolution. Companion volumes (like the last 
four, from records in the Secretary of State's office, Albany) are the Documentary 
History of New York. 4 vols, quarto. 18r>0-18r>l : Calendar of Historical Manuscripts. 
ir)30-177t;. 2 vols, quarto. 18o5-18(;(i: Calendar of Historical Manuscripts relating to 
the war of the Revolution. :i vols, quarto. 18(58. All of these volumes are full of in- 
formation relating to New Jersey or to its early settlers or later soldiers. 

2 Printed in the preface to N. J. Hist. See. Collections, V., vii-xii. 



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ward and upward progress, the failure led to a larger suc- 
cess, which we celebrate to-day. 

PART II. 
Or§:anization of the New Jersey Historical Society. 

The repeated agitation of the subject of our lacking 
archives before the Legislature, the interesting and valua- 
ble reports by Mr. Whitehead, and the consequent discus- 
sion of the matter in the newspapers, all served to arouse 
and stimulate an interest in our early history, while it be- 
came apparent, also, that if anything was to be done by the 
State there must be an organized movement to achieve the 
desired result. When the Legislature convened in Janu- 
ary, 1845, Gov. Haines again called their attention to the 
importance of completing our records from the originals 
deposited in England and America.^ On January 13, 18/^5, 
a number of gentlemen met in Trenton with the purpose of 
organizing an Historical Society, and thus to lend support 
to the Governor's recommendation. A severe snow storm 
prevailed, and but few attended. E.x-Governor Peter D. 
Vroom was appointed Chairman, and the Rev. Eli F. Cool- 
ey Secretary. A committee was appointed to draft a con- 
stitution and by-laws, and the meeting then adjourned to 
meet at Trenton, on February 27th, 1845. On that day a 
number of gentlemen from different parts of the State met, 
pursuant to adjournment, at the City Hall, in Trenton. 
Stacy G Potts was chosen Chairman (in the absence of 
ex Governor Vroom), and Joseph P. l^radley was made 



1 The needed appropriation was again voted down. In January. 1846, the His- 
torical Society presented a memorial to the Legislature. It was x-eferred to a spe- 
cial committee in the Assembly, which on Feb. 19, 1846, presented another com- 
prehensive report, full of information on the subject,— iV. J. HM. Coll.. V., xiii — 
xvii. The desired appropriation was again defeated, and a like fate met renewed 
applications in i847, 1848, 1849 and ISSO. 



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Secretai'}'. The committee on constitution and by-laws 
reported, through the Rev. D. V. McLean, chairman; the 
constitution was adopted, and TiiE NEW Jerskv Histori- 
cal Society was formally organized, and elected its first 
officers.' At the meeting when this result was accom- 
plished, twenty of those present were enrolled as the pio- 
neer members of the Society ' 

It will interest many to repeat their names here : Jo- 
seph r. Bradley, Newark; George Clinton JUish, Tren- 
ton; Rev. Jonathan Cogswell, D. D., New Brunswick- 
Rev. Eli F. Cooley, Trenton ; Richard S. I-'ield, Princeton 
Henry VV. Green, Trenton ; Archer Gififord, Newark 
Thomas Gordon, Trenton ; Edward Harris, Trenton 
Samuel R. Hamilton, Trenton ; William B. Kinney, New- 
ark; Rev. Aaron A. Marcellus, Freehold; Rev. Daniel V. 
McLean, Freehold ; Rev. Nicholas Murray. D. D., FLIiza- 
beth ; Cortlandt Parker, Newark; Charles L. Pearson, 
Trenton ; Stacy G. Potts, Trenton ; William P. Robeson, 
Belvidere ; Jonathan J. Spencer, M. D., Moorestown ; 
William A. Whitehead, Newark." 

Of these original twenty members of the Society, the 
Hon. Cortlandt Parker, of Newark, is the sole surviv- 
or. Altho4jgh he is to-day basking in the Italian sun- 
shine which irradiates Rome, that mother of history, we 
are sure that his heart is with us on this memorable occa- 
sion. At a meeting of the Society held May 7, 1845, it 
was resolved that all desiring to join, should be enrolled 
as original members, and sixty-eight were added. Of 
these the only survivors at the present time are Cortlandt 
Parker, Newark ; William Paterson, Perth Amboy ; Sam 
uel H. Pennington, M. D , Newark, our venerable Presi- 
dent, whom we are so glad to have with us to-day; and 
John Whitehead, of Morristown, who has been one of the 

1 N. J. Hist. Prof.. I.. 1-J. 
^ Ibid., 20. 



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most active of the committee arranging for this celebra- 
tion. 

Although the youngest of your executive officers, 
so many have been the changes wrought by death in the 
last few years, that he who stands before you is now, 
with the exception of our President, the senior officer in 
point of service in your Society, and having been a mem- 
ber since 1874, I have been associated with most of the 
men who have officered the Society from its beginning. 

FORMER PRESIDENTS OF THE SOCIETY. 

My recollection as a boy in Newark goes back to the time 
of the venerated ex-Chief Justice Joseph C. Hornblower, 
the first President of this Society, who continued in office 
for nearly twenty years, or until his death, on June 11, 
1864. His father, Josiah Hornblower, brought to this 
country and set up the first steam engine in America, and 
during the Revolution was at one time Speaker of the 
Assembly, which made him peculiarly obnoxious to the 
British and their Tory allies. He himself, born May 6, 
1777, the son of a Revolutionary sire, lived nearly through 
the period of our late War. As he walked the streets in 
those exciting days, men would look upon his feeble but 
venerable frame and say, with a thrill of admiring awe, 
" There goes a man who is older than the Flag." Coming 
from an historic ancestry, reaching back to the early gov- 
erning families of New Netherland and New Jersey, and 
being himself an epitome, as it were, of the history of our 
country during its first century, it seemed most natural 
that he should have taken the deep interest he always 
manifested in this Society, and that in his annual addresses 
as President the members were regularly favored with 
reminiscences from the rich stores of his experience. 

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had for him a great attraction, and he loved to depict some 
of its more striking features to his hearers.' 

I can recollect his successor, the patriarchal James 
Parker, of Perth Amboy, who, although nearly ninety 
years old, served us as President from January, 1865, until 
April I, 1868. He, too, was from a long line of ances- 
tors closely identified with the history of New Jersey, from 
the time that Elisha Parker came, probably from Barnsta- 
ble, Mass., by way of Staten Island to Woodbridge, about 
1675, and subsequently (1694) was High Sheriff of Mid- 
dlesex, member of the Assembly (1707-9), and one of the 
Governor's Council. Elisha's son John was a Colonel of 
the Provincial forces, and was a member of the Council, 
1719-32. The latter also had a son John, who served v>^ith 
great distinction in the French wars, 1756-59. His broth- 
er James, grandson of Elisha, was a member of Governor 
Franklin's Council, 1764-75, so that three generations of 
the family in succession furnished Councillors for the Prov- 
ince. James was the father of James, born March 3, 1776, 
who was the second President of this Society. The sec- 
ond James was a member of the Legislature, 1806-14, 
181 5-19, 1827-8, and of the National House of Represen- 
tatives, 1833-37. For more than twenty years he agitated 
the subject of the eastern boundary of New Jersey, and at 
last, as one of the commissioners appointed for the pur- 
pose, had the satisfaction of aiding in the adjustment of 
that vexatious controversy with New York, in 1833.'- By 
descent and purchase he was one of the largest of the 
East Jersey Proprietors, and carefully preserving the mu- 

1 See Address on the Life and Character of the Hon. Joseph C. Hornblower, I.L. 
D.. by the Hon. Richard S. Field, in N. J. Hist. Soc. Proc. X.. 25-1.5. 

Joseph Coerten Hornblower. 1777-18(3-1. Chief Justice of New Jersey. IK^-IK-KJ. 
A Biotfraphical Sketch. By William Nelson. Cambridge. Mass.. 1894. 8vo. Pp. 
29. Reprinted from Vol. V. of the "Memorial Biojrraphies " of the Ne\v-En;rland 
Historic Genealojjical Society. 

2 See "A Brief History of the Boundary Disputes between New York and Now 
Jersey." by Hon. James Parker. N. J. Hist. Soc. Proc. VIII.. 10(5-109. 



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niments of his title, as well as other papers that came to 
his hands as a public man, concerned in extensive and va- 
ried interests, he acquired a collection of historic material 
of priceless value. He was elected a Vice President of 
this Society at its formation, was a regular attendant upon 
its meetings, and frequently contributed to the discussions 
from his remarkable knowledge of the early days of our 
State. 1 

Then came the courtly and dignified Richard S. Field, 
Judge of the United States District Court of New Jersey, 
who occupied the chair as President from January, 1869, 
until May 25, 1870. On his father's side he traced his an- 
cestry back to Robert Field, who in 1644 came from Eng- 
land to Massachusetts, and in 1645 removed to Flushing, 
L. L, whence his grandson, John, migrated to New Jersey. 
John's great-grandson Robert, born April 5, 1775, mar- 
ried Abby, daughter of Richard Stockton, signer of the 
Declaration of Independence, and Annis Boudinot, his wife, 
sister of Elias Boudinot, the eminent statesman and phi- 
lanthropist, and of Elisha Boudinot, a Justice of the 
Supreme Court of New Jersey. Robert Field's son, born 
Dec. 31, 1803, was named Richard Stockton Field, after 
his famous maternal grandfather. He began the practice 
of the law at Salem, whence he removed in 1832 to Prince- 
ton, where he subsequently resided. He was elected to 
the Assembly in 1833 and 1834, and in 1838 was appointed 
Attorney General of the State, when only thirty-five years 
of age, holding the office until 1841, in which year he re- 
signed. He was one of the most influential members of 
the Constitutional Convention of 1844. In November, 
1862, he was appointed United States Senator, to fill a va- 
cancy for a few weeks, and on January 2 1, 1863, President 
Lincoln appointed him Judge of the United States District 



1 See Address on the Life and Character of the Hon. James Parker, by the Hon. 
Richard S. Field, in N. J. Hist. Soc. Proc. 2d Series. I.. 109-139 (January, 1869). 




RICHARD S. FIHLD 



Court for New Jersey, an office he retained until his death. 
Judge Field was one of the very (e\v members of the New 
Jersey bar who have contributed to literature.' He was a 
man of scholarly tastes, chaste in diction and eloquent in 
delivery. He gave numerous addresses on legal topics, 
and upon various themes of a literary, historical or polit- 
ical nature, many of which have been published. He was 
elected one of the members of the Executive Committee 
of this Society, at its organization, serving as such 1845-46, 
1851-59, and Vice President, 1859-1869, or until his elec- 
tion as President. - 

In John Rutherfurd, the fourth President of the Societ3% 
there was a commingling of the blood of many families of 
distinction and influence in New Jersey. His paternal 
great-grandfather, Walter Rutherfurd, son of Sir John 
Rutherfurd, of Edgerston, Roxburghshire, Scotland, came 
to America in 1756, and was a Captain in the British ar- 
my in the French war, in 1758-1759. He married Catha- 
rine Alexander, daughter of James Alexander, and widow 
of Elisha Parker, of Perth Amboy, the uncle of James 
Parker, our second President. His son, John Rutherfurd, 
born Sept. 20, 1760, married Helena Morris, a great-grand- 
daughter of Gov. Lewis Morris, of New Jersey. He was 
elected to the United States Senate from New Jersey in 
1790, several months before he was constitutionally eligi- 
ble to take his seat. He resigned in 1798, devoting him- 
self thereafter to the care of his extensive landed estates 



1 The work by which he is hrst liiiowii is ■•The Provincial (.,'uurls of New .Icr- 
sey. with Sketi'hes of the Beiu'li and Bar. a Discourse read before the New Jersey 
Historical Society."' a part at the annual meetintr. January 20. 184K. and the residue 
at the meelintr on May i"). 18-18. With Appendices embracing the Instructions to 
Lord Cornbury, Nov. 16. 17(V3: and several Ordinances establishintr and rejrulatinvr 
Courts of Judicature. 1702-17:>8. the whole formintf an octavo of pp. xii. 311. known 
as ••Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society," Volume III., printed In 
181i». 

-' An admirable menioii' of Jud^:■e Field, by Anthony Q. Keasbey. was read he- 
fore the Society. January I'.i. 18T1, and is published in the Proceedintrs. •^'d Series, 
XL, 111-132. 



In Warren, Sussex and the upper part of the present Pas- 
saic counties. He lived at Bellville, near Trenton, for some 
time, but subsequently built a spacious residence at a place 
which he called Edgerston, now the thriving borough of 
Rutherfurd, on the Erie Railroad, and there he died in 1840. 
After his death two of his daughters erected a mansion some 
distance south of Edgerston, on the east bank of the Pas- 
saic river, which is now the site of the New Jersey State 
Soldiers' Home. His only son, Robert Walter Rutherfurd, 
married Sabina Morris, whose grandfather, Col. Lewis 
Morris, was a grandson of Gov. Lewis Morris. Robert 
Walter Rutherfurd's son John was born July 21, 1810, at 
the residence of his maternal grandfather, Lewis Morris, 
at Morrisania, New York. His life was spent in the man- 
agement of his grandfather's estate, and his own large bus- 
iness concerns. He was President of the Board of East 
Jersey Proprietors for many years. By heredity and asso- 
ciation he was deeply interested in all that pertained to the 
history and the welfare of New Jersey. Many of our most 
valuable manuscripts relating to our earliest Colonial times, 
were presented by him or by his aunts, the Misses Mary 
and Louisa Rutherfurd. He joined this Society Novem- 
ber 6, 1845, ^^^ w^s elected one of the Vice Presidents, 
January 19, 1865. On the death of Judge Field he was 
elected President, in January, 1871, but died on November 
2 1st, following.^ 

Another honored New Jersey family was represented in 
the President's chair by the Rev. Ravaud Kearny Rod- 
gers, D. D., who, elected in January, 1872, continued in 
office for three years, when he declined a re-election, be- 
ing about to remove to Georgia, where he died January 12, 



1 Memoir of the Life and Character of John Rutherfurd, late President of the 
New Jersey Historical Society, by Robert S. Swords, in N. J. Hist. Soc. Proc. 2d 
Series, II. (January. 1872). 197-204. 

Family Records and Events, compiled principally from the original manuscripts 
in the Rutherfurd Collection, by Livingston Rutherfurd. New York, 1894. 





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1 879- He was born in New York city, November 3, 1797, 
the grandson of the Rev. John Rodgers, the noted and elo- 
quent patriot preacher of the Revolution. His mother was 
Susannah Ravaud Kearny, of Perth Amboy, Her father, 
Ravaud Kearny, a lawyer, married Ann, daughter of James 
Hude, a prominent citizen of New Brunswick. Her grand- 
father, Philip Kearny, an eminent lawyer, who died in 
1775, married Lady Barney Dexter, nee Ravaud. Philip 
was the son of Michael Kearny and Sarah Morris, said to 
have been a kinswoman' of Governor Lewis Morris. Dr. 
Rodgers was pastor of the Presbyterian church at Bound 
Brook in this State, from 1830 until October, 1874, when 
he resigned. He became a member of this Society in 
1846, served on the Executive Committee, 1852-69, and 
was Vice President. 1869-1872. He was scholarly, eloquent 
and interesting in his frequent occasional remarks at the 
Society's meetings.^ 

In the selection of the si.xth President there was a return 
to the judiciary, and it was felt that the Society was hon- 
ored when the choice fell upon Henry VV. Green, the form- 
er Chief Justice, and then Chancellor of the State. He 
was descended from William Green, who came from Eng- 
land at the age of twenty, and settled in Ewing township, 
now part of Trenton, about 1700. He bought a tract of 
three hundred and forty-five acres, and erected a brick 
house, still standing, with the date, 1717, plainly visible on 
the west end. His grandson, George Green, married a 
daughter of the Rev. Caleb Smith, a prominent Presby- 
terian divine, and died in 1777, at the early age of thirty- 

1 Mr. Whitehead says she was a daufjhter. She was perhaps Sarah Morris, born 
16th of 12th month. 1693. daufjhter of Redroe Morris and Jael Baty, of Elsinboro. 
Redroe Morris was born about 16.58. in Wales, son of Lewis Morris, and emigrated 
to America, landintrat Philadelphia in the 9lh month. 1683. The grandfather of 
Gov. Lewis Morris was from Monmouthshire, and it is quite probable that the 
Governor was a near kinsman of Redroe Morris. 

2 Memoir of Rev. Ravau:l K. Rodtrers. D. D.. by Georfre Sheldon. D. D.. in N. J. 
Hist. Soc. Proe., 3J Series, VI., 17-25 (May, 1880) ; Whiteheads Perth Amboy. 90. 



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nine years. Caleb Smith Green was the father of John 
Cleve Green, one of New York's merchant princes, whose 
benefactions have done so much for Princeton University, 
and of Henry Woodhull Green, born at Lavvrenceville, 
September 20, 1804. The latter was Chief Justice of New 
Jersey, 1 846-1 860, and was then appointed Chancellor. 
He filled both positions with distinguished ability. It was 
a source of profound regret to bench and bar when ill 
health compelled his retirement in i865. He married a 
daughter of Chief Justice Evving. He was a trustee of 
Princeton College, 1 850-1876, and a generous benefactor 
of his alma mater, as have been all his family. He was 
one of the original members of this Society; served as a 
member of the Executive Committee, 185 i — 1862, as Vice 
President, 1862— 1875, and in January, 1875, was elected 
President. He was a frequent attendant upon the meet- 
ings, and in his discussions of the topics presented, showed 
not only his interest, but that he had diligently searched 
our original records for knowledge. His infirm health con- 
strained him to decline a re-election in 1876. He died at 
Trenton, December 19, 1876. The Executive Committee, 
in announcing his death to the Society, remarked: 

By birth a Jerseyman. Mr. Green received his early training in the educational 
institutions of his native State, and spent his whole life, professional and official, in 
her service; and it may be affirmed with justice that none of her sons has more 
worthily or with greater distinction, advanced her annals, or labored more assid- 
uously to promote the enterprises that have served to advance her prosperity and 
elevate the moral condition of her population. Her noble works of philanthroj)y 
found in him a friend and advocate ; and her higher institutions of learning will 
cherish in grateful remembrance his counsels and efforts, as among the most ef- 
fective agencies to which are due their enlarged facilities and their present de- 
.servedly high reputation. 

Of the bench and bar of New Jersey he was a distinguished ornament. To an 
intellect of rare capacity, a temperament that prompted to the intent application 
of his mental powers to the work before him, a conscientious sense of the require- 
ments of duty to his clients and the public, he added the results of careful culture, 
exhaustive research and profound thought; qualities which, united with a fluent 
and impressive diction, made him eminently successful in his earlier forensic ef- 
forts, and were even more conspicuous in those opinions and decisions from the 
seats of judicial authority— models of righteous judgment, varied learning and 
stern logic, expi-essed in language pure, terse and forcible — that have secured him 
an exalted rank among the jurists of the State and country. 1 



1 Proceedings N. J. Hist. Soc. 26. Series, IV., 166. (January, 1877). 



The Rev. Samuel M. Hamill, D. D., was elected Presi- 
dent in January, 1876. He was born at Norristown, Pa., 
July 6, 1S12, the son of Robert Hamill, who came from 
Ireland in 1797, and married a daughter of Andrew Todd, 
a soldier in the Revolution. Graduating from Jefferson 
College in 1834, Dr. Hamill became a teacher in the Law- 
renceville school the same year. A few years later the 
school came under his exclusive control, and was devel- 
oped into one of the most famous preparatory institutions 
in the country. He was deeply interested in the cause of 
popular education, sparing neither time, nor pen, nor voice 
in the effort toward improving the public school system of 
the State. At an educational convention held in Trenton 
in January, 1845, the suggestion was made that a State 
Historical Society should be formed, and Dr. Hamill was 
one of the leading spirits at the meeting held for that pur- 
pose in Trenton on January 18, 1845, and was subsequent- 
ly enrolled as one of the original members. He was elect- 
ed to the Executive Committee in 1863, serving thereon 
until his promotion to the Vice Presidency, in 1871, which 
ofifice he filled for five years. For thirteen years he pre- 
sided with distinguished ability, and his courtly and urbane 
manner did much to make our meetings popular and in- 
teresting. His sudden and unexpected death, on Septem- 
ber 21, 1889, was a profound shock to his wide circle of 
friends.^ It was his custom at the opening of each meeting 
of the Society to make a few remarks, alluding to some 
topic of historic interest, frequently from his own experi- 
ence, or which he had heard from those of an earlier gener- 
ation, and these informal "talks" were aUva)'S a pleasant 
feature of the Society's gatherings. "With a rare combi- 
nation of dignity and suavity, an unfailing urbanity, the 
faculty of always saying and doing the right thing at the 

1 Rev. Samuel MjClintock Hamill. D. D. Memoir prepareil and read by the Rev. 
Samuel M. Studdiford. D. D.. before the New Jersey Historical Society. January 
38, 1890.— /^roc, 2d Series. XI.. 27-38. 
4 



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right time, with a remarkably graceful art of * putting 
things,' with an enthusiastic love for New Jersey, and a 
pride in her history, he was a great help to the Society."^ 

It has been the custom of this Society, from the begin- 
ning, to promote the senior Vice President whenever a va- 
cancy occurs in the Presidential chair. It thus happened 
that James Parker, the third President, and John Ruther- 
furd, the fifth President of this Society, were very strongly 
identified with the East Jersey Proprietary interest. Upon 
the death of Dr. Hamill the senior Vice President, the 
Hon. John Clement, was elected President, in January, 1890, 
and for the first time the Society had as its presiding offi- 
cer one who was closely identified with West Jersey history. 
Gregory Clement, his ancestor, was returned to Parliament 
about 1646, was one of the commissioners who tried and 
condemned Charles I., in January, 1648-9, and was one of 
the six regicides who were executed at the restoration, in 
1660. His son James emigrated to America in 1670, set- 
tling at Flushing, L. I., where he died in 1724. Five of 
James's children removed to Gloucester county. New Jer- 
sey, about 1700, one of them, Jacob, a shoemaker, locating 
at Gloucester. His son, Jacob, a tanner, settled in Had- 
donfield in 1743, where he purchased a tract of land on 
which our late President, his descendant, resided. He was 
the father of Nathaniel Clement, whose son John, born 
Sept. 10, 1769, was a surveyor and conveyancer, a militia 
officer, 1 798- 1 844, rising to the rank of Brigadier General, 
and serving in the War of 18 12. He was a member of the 
Council of West Jersey Proprietors, and was President of 
that body, 1832-51, when he resigned. He died July 4, 
1855. His son, John Clement, was born at Haddonfield, 
November 8, 1818. He succeeded his father in 185 i as a 
member of the Council of Proprietors of West Jersey, be- 
coming President in 1885. The West Jersey Surveyors' 

1 Rex^ort of tlic Executive Committee. Proceedinti's, :M Series, XI., 7, 




Rev. SAA'iUEL M. HA.MILL, D D. 



Association, organized in 1864, found in him one of its 
warmest originators and friends, and ho contributed to its 
meetings a number of papers on West Jersey histor>', partic- 
ularly on the complicated land titles of that division. Join- 
ing this Society in 1864, his value as a member was immedi- 
ately recognized b}' his election to the ILxecutive Committee 
in 1865, from which he was transferred in 1876 to the Vice 
Presidency, and thence, in January, 1893, to the Presiden- 
cy. This position he held until January, 1894, when he 
declined a re-election, owing to advancing years, and the 
inconvenience of regularly attending the meetings. He had 
been one of the Common Pleas Judges of Camden County, 
1854-64, and in the latter year was appointed one of the 
Lay Judges of the Court of Errors and Appeals, where his 
familiarity with West Jersey land titles made him so useful a 
member that he was regularly re-appointed, holding the 
office for thirty years. He was the author of many valu- 
able contributions to the history of the State, the most 
notable being his " Sketches of the First Emigrant Settlers 
in Newton Township, Old Gloucester County, West Jer- 
sey," compiled almost entirely from original sources, and 
displaying much literary ability. Judge Clement was 
modest almost to shyness, and in his intercourse with 
others manifested much of the characteristic simplicity of 
manner of his remoter ancestors of the Friends' persuasion. 
He presided with grace and dignity over such of the So- 
ciety's meetings as he was able to attend. He died at Had- 
donfield, August 15, 1894.' 

Although the Society has had its library and cabinet in 
the city of Newark from the beginning of its existence, it 

1 Pi-intod at Camden. 1S77. 8vo. Pp. Al-l. (■'.). 

2 For notices of his ani-estry. see his "First Settlers of Newton Township." 
267-276: and History of Camden County. Philadelphia. 18815.213. An obituary no- 
tice of Judfre Clement was published in the Penn. Majr. of History and Bio^rra- 
phy. XVIII.. 382. He was a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 
and a freiiuent contributor to its Majrazino and to its library. 



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was not until January, 1894, on the retirement of judge 
Clement from the Presidency, that a native of Newark was 
called to the chair, when Samuel H. Pennington, M. D., 
LL. D., the senior Vice President, was elected President. 
He is a descendant of Ephraim Pennington, one of the 
freemen of New Haven in 1643, whose sons, Ephraim and 
Judah, were among the original settlers of Newark, in 1666. 
One of Judah's descendants, also named Judah, married 
Mary Sandford, who was a great-granddaughter of Major 
William Sandford, and of Major John Berry, the former 
being one of the settlers of New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen 
county, a member of the Governor's Council, 1683-6, At- 
torney-General, Judge, etc., and the latter being also of 
the Governor's Council, and Deputy Governor during Gov- 
ernor Philip Carteret's absence in England. From this 
marriage there came Samuel, born 1765, died 1835, who 
was the father of Dr. Pennington ; and William S. Pen- 
nington, a Lieutenant of Artillery in the Revolution, after- 
wards Governor and Chancellor of New Jersey, and who 
was the father of Governor William Pennington. Dr. Pen- 
nington, son of Samuel Pennington, was born in Newark, 
October 16, 1806, and graduated at Princeton College in 
the Class of 1825. It is a pleasant circumstance that 
Princeton's two oldest graduates are to-day on this plat- 
form, expressing their deep interest in the welfare of this 
kindred institution.^ Dr. Pennington received his diploma 
as M. D. in 1829, and practiced his profession for many 
years in the city of Newark, but gradually withdrew from 
active practice, and for more than thirty years has devoted 
his energies to the Newark City National Bank, as Presi- 

1 William C. WalUice. born July 4. 1^04. Kvaduated from Princeton in 18r.i3. He 
has been a resident of Newark for ninety years, and at the urjient special request 
of the Committee on Invitations, came to the semi-centennial celebration of the 
Society, and occupied a seat on the platform. He has been one of the warmest and 
most generous friends of the Society. There is a sug-srestion of humor in Mr. Wal- 
lace's statement that he retired from active business more than sixty years ago, 
on account of his health! 



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dent, lie has been one of the Trustees of the ColIec;c and 
of the Theological Seminar)- at Princeton for forty years, 
being Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the Col- 
lege most of that period. For seventeen years he served 
as a member of the Board of P3ducation of Newark, being 
repeatedly elected by the people, and during several years 
was President of the Board. Identified by birth and an- 
cestry with the history of our State, and of its metropolis, 
it was but natural that he should have become a member 
of this Society at its inception, and that his abilities and 
influence should have been recognized by his election to 
serve on the Executive Committee in 1862, whence he was 
transferred, in 1871, to the Vice Presidency. Those who 
have had the pleasure of hearing or reading Dr. Penning- 
ton's occasional addresses have often regretted that he has 
not favored this Society with more frequent contributions 
from his pen, his style being pure, forcible and eloquent. 
Although partially disabled by an accident two or three 
years ago, which few would have survived, as he sits here 
to-day, presiding over this great gathering, who wouM im- 
agine for a moment that almost eighty-nine years have 
passed over that stalwart, rugged frame, that leonine head, 
crowned with masses of iron grey — not white — hair, that 
keen eye, that nervous manner, betokening a quick percep- 
tion of everything that is passing, that commanding, ma- 
jestic mien? Long may he be spared to this Society, to this 
community and to this State, to each of which he has been 
such an honor !' 

SOME VICE PRESIDENTS OF THE SOCIETY. 
Some mention should be made of those \^ice Presidents 

1 Since the tlelivery of this address. Dr. Pennintrton. on account of the physical 
disability referred to. declined a re-election to the Presidency at the annual meet- 
ing of the Society, in January, 18%. and General William S. Stryker was elected to 
succeed him. At this writins^r (January. IS'.IS). Dr. Penninjrton continues active in 
the performance of his duties as President of the bank with which he has been 
identified for so many years, although he passed his ninety-first birthday several 
months avro. 



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of the Society who did not succeed to the Presidency, for 
among them were a number of our most eminent citizens, 
and several of the most generous contributors to the ob- 
jects which we have in view. 

Robert Gibbon Johnson was a great-grandson of Rich- 
ard Johnson, who came from Surrey, in England, in the 
ship "Joseph and Benjamin," and landed at Elsinboro, 
March 13, 1675. He acquired a large tract of land at Salem 
from John Fenvvick, and married there, 25th of 6th month, 
1682, Mary Grover. He died first month, 17 19, aged sev- 
enty years. His grandson, Robert, married for his second 
wife Jane, daughter of Nicholas and Ann (Grant) Gibbon. 
She was a granddaughter of Richard Johnson, and was the 
widow of Samuel Fenwick Hedge, a great-grandson of 
John Fenwick, Chief Proprietor of Salem. Robert Gibbon 
Johnson, their son, was born near Salem, July 23, 1771. 
He graduated from Princeton in 1790. In 1794 he was 
appointed paymaster of New Jersey troops under Gen. Jo- 
seph Bloomfield, who were sent to Pennsylvania to crush 
the Whiskey Rebellion. In 1796 he was commissioned 
Captain of a troop of horse ; was appointed Major in 1798, 
Lieutenant Colonel of cavalry in 1809, and Colonel in 18 17. 
He was elected to the Legislature in 1825, and in 1833 
was appointed Judge of the Salem County Courts. Re- 
ligion and education found in him a constant friend, not 
only in his own community but in broader spheres of ac- 
tion. The history of Salem and of West Jersey had a fas- 
cination for him, which it never lost. His valuable little 
book on Salem, published in 1839, was supplemented by 
various contributions which he made to the Proceedings of 
this Society, and we are especially indebted to him for a 
number of manuscripts of priceless value, among them a 
contemporaneous copy of the Grants and Concessions of 
Berkeley and Carteret to the inhabitants of New Jersey, in 
February, 1664-5, engrossed on a parchment roll eight or 



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nine feet Ion-,' a number of papers of John Fenwick, sev- 
eral deeds for an interest in West Jersey, extracts from Sa- 
lem records, and translations of Swedish papers. Col. 
Johnson was elected Vice President of this Society in 1845, 
and was still in office when he died, October 2, 1850. 

The second of the three Vice Presidents elected at the 
organization of the Society, in 1845, was Peter D. Vroom, 
of Somerset county. He was of Dutch stock, tracing his 
ancestry back to Cornelis Pieterse Vroom, of New Am'^ter- 
dam, who died prior to 1657. His son, Hendrick Corsen 
Vroom, baptized Nov. 30. 1653, in New Amsterdam, was 
of Brooklyn in 16S3 and 1693. but later settled on the Rar^ 
itan, near New Brunswick. One of his descendants, Peter 
D. Vroom, born Jan. 27, 1745, was appointed Lieutenant 
Colonel of State troops by the Provincial Congress of New 
Jersey, and subsequently was one of the most honored and 
influential men in the county. He died in November, 183 i. 
His son, Peter D. Vroom, was born Dec. 12. 1791 ; grad- 
uated at Columbia College in 1808, and was admitted to 
the New Jersey bar in 1813. He was elected to the As- 
sembly from Somerset county in 1826, 1827 and 1829; 
was chosen Governor in 1829, 1830, 1831, 1833, 1834 and 
1835, but in the last-named year declined on account of 
impaired health. In 1838 he was elected to Congress. 
He was appointed Chief Justice of New Jersey in 1853, but 
declined the office, accepting instead the mission to' the 
Court of Prussia, where he represented this country until 
1857. He was a gentleman of the highest character, of 
marked ability, and exerted a great influence in the St'ate. 
He served us as Vice President from 1845 until 185 i, when 
he declined a re-election. Governor Vroom died Novem- 
ber 18, 1874. 

1 TlK,. ori.Mnal w..s destroyed by lire at Perth Amboy. on Saturday. April 10. 
lOHt). See N. J. Arc-hives. XIII.. l.-v>. 



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Stacy Gardiner Potts was a descendant of some of the 
first settlers of Trenton, but his grandfather having re- 
moved to Harrisburg, Pa., the son was born there, in No- 
vember, 1799. He returned to Trenton with his father in 
i8c8, became interested in local journalism, and then in the 
law. He was Clerk in Chancery, 1831-1841^ and a Justice 
of the Supreme Court, 1852-1859. He presided at the 
meeting at which this Society was formed, was a member 
of the Executive Committee, 1847— 1850, and one of the 
Vice Presidents, 1851-1857. He died at Trenton, April 
9, 1865. 

James Gore King, third son of Rufus King, New York's 
eminent statesman, was born in New York city. May 8, 
1791 ; he graduated at Harvard in 1810, and five years later 
established the banking house of James G. King & Co., 
subsequently James G. King & Sons. Having been a resi- 
dent of VVeehawken many years, he joined this Society May 
7, 1845, and took an active, intelligent interest in its affairs. 
It was largely through his generosity that the Society was 
able to procure the material for and to publish the third 
and fifth volumes of its Collections, and he took the lead 
in 1852 in advocating and contributing toward the pur- 
chase of a site for a fire-proof building for the Society's 
library. He was a Vice President in 1851-2-3. He was 
elected to Congress in 1848. His death occurred at Wee- 
hawken, October 3, 1853. 

When William Alexander Duer removed from New York 
city, on retiring from the Presidency of Columbia College, 
in 1842, and took up his residence at Morristown, the 



1 At the January Term. 1841. the Chancellor appointed Henry W. Green. James 
Ewins and Staey G. Potts a committee to revise the rules of the Court, which they 
did, and at the April Term the revised i-ules were reported, approved and adopted. 
They were printed, with copious notes and citations, together with "Precedents 
and Notes of Practice in the Court of Chancery of New Jersey," Trenton. 1841. 
12mo. Pp. 240. A revised edition was issued in 1873. "Potts' s Precedents" was a 
standard hand-book for every New Jersey lawyer for nearly forty years— a signg,! 
evidence of the thoroughness with which it was prepared, 



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State of New Jersey felt that it had made a distinct acqui- 
sition. Judge Duer was connected with New Jersey histo- 
ry and progress by many ties. His father, William Duer, 
a prominent financier and statesman in the eighteenth cen- 
tur)-, married " Lady Kilty," the charming daughter of 
William Alexander, the Earl of Stirling, who was a Major 
General in the American army in the Revolution, and 
whose hospitable home at Baskinridge, New Jersey, was the 
resort of the most distinguished and delightful people of 
the day. Lord Stirling was the son of James Alexander, 
one of the most influential men of his time in the political 
affairs of New Jersey and New York. William Duer was 
the first Governor of the Society for Establishing Useful 
Manufactures, which founded the town of Paterson in this 
State. His son, William Alexander, was born Sept. 8, 
1780, at Rhinebeck, N. Y. He was admitted to the bar of 
that State in 1802, and was a Judge of the Supreme Court, 
1822-1829, and President of Columbia College, 1829-1842. 
His lectures on " Outlines of the Constitutional Jurispru- 
dence of the United States," published in 1833, and in a 
second edition in 1856, are still regarded with favor. His 
membership in this Society dated back to May 7, 1845. 
He was constant in his attendance, frequently presided at 
its meetings, took a lively interest in all that pertained to 
its welfare, and prepared for publication the second volume 
of our Collections, the Life of Lord Stirling, his grand- 
father. He was Vice President from 1854 until his death, 
in New York, May 30, 1858. 

Another eminent Jerseyman of National reputation who 
gave us of his time and his eminent abilities, was William 
Lewis Dayton, who joined this Society November 5, 1845, 
served on the Executive Committee, 1852-1857, and as 
Vice President, 1 858-1 864. He was born in Somerset 
county, February 17, 1807, the great-grandson of Jonathan 
Dayton, one of the early settlers of Elizabethtown, and on 



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his mother's side was a great-grandson of William Lewis, 
of Baskinridge, who served as commissary through the 
Revolutionary War. Mr. Dayton graduated from Prince- 
ton in 1825, and being admitted to the bar began practice 
at Freehold, Monmouth county. He was elected to the 
Legislative Council from that county in 1837, ^^^ i^i the 
succeeding February was elected by the Legislature to the 
office of Justice of the Supreme Court, but resigned three 
years later. In 1842 he was appointed United States Sen- 
ator, and continued in the Senate until 185 i. The newly- 
formed Republican party nominated him for Vice Presi- 
dent with Gen. John C. Fremont, in 1856. In 1857 Gov- 
ernor Olden appointed him Attorney General, which office 
he retained until President Lincoln sent him to France as 
United States Minister to that country. He died at Paris, 
December i, 1864. Senator Dayton was one of the most 
popular men in the State, and filled the numerous positions 
for which he was selected with signal ability.^ 

William Burnet Kinney, who joined this Society the day 
it was organized, was a descendant of Sir Thomas Kinney, 
an English baronet. His father, Abraham Kinney, became 
interested in some mining property, and settled at Speed- 
well, Morris county, where his son was born, Sept. 4, 1799. 
His mother was a daughter of Dr. William Burnet, of New- 
ark, a descendant of Dan Burnet, one of the early settlers of 
Elizabethtown. The Doctor was a Surgeon in the Continen- 
tal army during the Revolution ; one of his grand-daughters 
married Chief Justice Hornblower, and another was the wife 
of Gov. William Pennington. Mr. Kinney studied law with 
the Chief Justice, his kinsman, but in 1820 drifted into jour- 
nalism, and after various experiences became editor of the 

1 See -'A Memorial of the Life and Character of Hon. "William L. Dayton, Late 
U. S. Minister to France,"' by Joseph P. Bradley, prepared at the request of the 
Society, and partially read at the meeting of May 18, 1865. It was published sev- 
eral years later in the proceedings, 2d Series, IV.. 70-118. Judge Elmer, in his 
■Reminiscences" (N. J. Hist. Soc. Coll., VII.), gives some interesting glimpses of 
Payton as a Judge. 



Neivark Daily Advertiser, in 1833, it being then the only 
daily newspaper in the State. He was a writer of much force 
and purity of style, and soon made his paper the leading 
journal of New Jersey. In 1851 he was appointed United 
States Minister to Sardinia, and upon the expiration of his 
term removed from Turin to Florence, where he remained 
until 1864 or 1865, when he returned to America, taking 
up his residence at Morristown, and afterwards at Summit. 
He was a member of the Executive Committee of this So- 
ciety, 1S47-185 r, bnd again, after his return to America, 
during the years 1866-1871. He was elected Vice Presi- 
dent in 1872, but declined a re-election in 1877, on ac- 
count of ill health, and was again placed on the Executive 
Committee in that year, where he remained until his death, 
October 21. 1880. He read a paper " On the establish- 
ment and progress of Printing and the Periodical Press of 
New Jersey," at the meeting of the Society at Salem, in 
1846, and again at Trenton, in 1849, and delivered the 
commemorative oration at the l^i-Centennial of Newark, 
May 17, 1866. He was for several }'ears a valued mem- 
ber of the Committees on Publications, and on Library.' 

The value of business men in such an organization as 
this, was illustrated in the case of Peter S. Duryee, one of 
Newark's most successful and prominent manufacturers. 
Coming himself from an historic ancestry — Joost Durie, 
who came to America about 1675, and whose descendants 
intermarried with the Dutch and Huguenot families of New 
York and Long Island — he was an enthusiastic friend of 
this Society, which he joined in 1847. He was born in 
New York city, December 23, 1807, but in 1821 removed 
to Newark, with whose every interest — economic, social, 
moral, religious and educational — he was thenceforth 
warmly identified. By precept and by example he strongly 

1 For iin obituary tribute to Mr. Kimicy. by llic l-;xocutive ('oininittee, soo Pro- 
ceedings, 2d Series, VI., 114-11(3. 



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urged his fellow citizens of Newark to furnish the means to 
secure a fire-proof building for the Society. He was a 
member of the committee appointed for that purpose,^ was 
also on the Executive Committee, 1858-1863, 1869-1874, 
and was a Vice President, 1875-1877. He had a delight- 
fully enthusiastic and breezy way of expressing his views 
on the various subjects that came up for consideration, and 
it was felt that the Society had sustained a serious loss 
when he was taken from us, on September 23, 1877.^ 

Another of the Vice Presidents whom it was my privi- 
lege to know very well was the Hon. John T. Nixon, Judge 
of the United States District Court of New Jersey. He 
was born at Fairton, Cumberland county, August 3, 1820, 
practiced law there for several years, was elected to the 
Legislature in 1849 and 1850, and in 185 1 married a 
daughter of the Hon. Lucius O. C. Elmer, for some years 
a Justice of the Supreme Court of this State, In 1855 
Mr. Nixon published a new edition of that work so indis- 
pensable in its day to every lawyer of New Jersey — known 
thenceforth as Nixon's Digest, based on a similar work 
published by Judge Elmer in 1838.'^ Mr. Nixon's work 
was so excellent that it passed through three editions,"* its 



1 It is an interestinfj' coincidence that one of his sons — Edward H. Duryee— is 
(January. 1898) a Life Member of this Society, is a Trustee of the Free Public Li- 
brary of Newark, and is a Director of the Newark Library Association, and in the 
latter capacity is on a joint committee of that Association and of this Society, 
having for its purpose the promotion of the object for which his father worked so 
energetically in his lifetime. 

2 A notice of the death of Mr. Duryee is printed in the Proceedings, 2d Series, 
v., 47-48. 

3 A Digest of the Laws of New Jersey. Containing also the Constitutions of the 
United States, and of this State, and the Rules and Decisions of the Courts. By 
Lucius Q. C. Elmer. Bridgeton: Published by James H. Newell, 1838. 8vo. Pp. 
XXIV, 728. 

4 The same. Second edition, containing all the laws of general application, now 
in force, from 1709 to 185.5, inclusive, with the rules and decisions of the courts. By 
John T. Nixon. Published under the patronage of the Legislatui'e. Philadelphia: 
18.5.5. 8vo. Pp. XXXII, 984. 

The same. Third edition. Bridgeton: Elmer & Nixon. 1861. 8vo. Pp. x.xxii, 
1000. 

The same. Fourth edition. Newark: 1868. 8vo. Pp. xxxii, 11.52. 




WILLIAM A. WHITEHEAD 



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vogue continuing until it was supplanted by the Revision 
of 1877. In 1858 he was elected to Congress, where he 
was largely instrumental in bringing about the election of 
ex-Governor William Pennington, of Xew Jersey, to the 
Speakership, the peculiarly complicated circumstances at- 
tending which event he subsequently related in a paper of 
absorbing interest, which he read before this Society in 
1873.' He was appointed Judge of the United States Dis- 
trict Court in May, 1870. Becoming a member of this 
Society, May 15, 1873, he was elected Vice President in 
1877, and thereafter was a regular attendant upon its ses- 
sions, and always had an appropriate word to say. He 
was a Trustee of Princeton College from 1864 "Amidst 
the burdens of official duty he was ever ready to render 
service in the church, the college and other institutions of 
the State, and his zeal in these good works was all accord- 
ing to knowledge.""- He died September 28, 1889. 

THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES. 

What can I say of William Adee Whitehead, who, for 
nearly forty years, was regarded as practically tJie Society? 
His father, W^illiam W'hitehead, was cashier of the Newark 
Banking and Insurance Company, which in his day occu- 
pied a brick building on the northwest corner of Broad and 
Bank streets, Mr. Whitehead living upstairs, and here, on 
February 19, 18 10, his son was born. His mother was 
Abby, daughter of Benjamin Coe, a descendant of Robert 
Coe, who came from P2ngland in 1634, and after living in 
New England took up his residence at Jamaica, L. I , 
whence one of his descendants, Benjamin Coe, removed to 
Newark, some time before 1732. In April, 1823, Mr. 
Whitehead went to Perth Amboy to take charge of a bank 

1 Proceed iii;,'s. :3d Series. II.. :.'or)--.':u. 

2 John T. Nixon. Memoir prepared and read by A Q. Keasbey. before the New- 
Jersey Historical Society, at its annual meetlnfr in Trenton, January 28th, 1880. 
8vo. Pp. 13. Reprinted from Proceedings, id Series, XI.. 39-.5I. 



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there. His son's schooling was ended when he left New- 
ark, but the boy of thirteen went on with his studies, in 
literature, mathematics, surveying, drawing and other con- 
genial lines, until his mind became a well-filled storehouse 
of knowledge. In 1828 he went to Key West, Fla., where 
he spent most of the ensuing ten years, made a survey and 
map of the town, was appointed Collector of the Port before 
he was twenty-one, was elected Alderman and then Mayor. 
He was in business in New York, 1838-1843, but I fancy 
that the treasures in the Historical Society's library had 
for him greater attractions than the more material wealth 
usually sought for in Wall street, for after — and I suspect 
occasionally during— business hours he pored over the old 
newspaper files and manuscripts there, and made those 
copious notes which he drew upon for forty years as fronn 
a never-failing spring of information. At Perth Amboy he 
had married, August ii, 1834, Margaret Elizabeth, daugh- 
ter of James Parker, and he had long been familiar with the 
records of the East Jersey Proprietors there, as well as 
with Mr. Parker's extensive collection of manuscripts and 
other historical material, and had also diligently collected 
whatever information could be gleaned from church and 
family records, and by personal interviews with the oldest 
residents of that former capital of East Jersey. And thus 
there was no one so well equipped as he to write accurately, 
intelligently and minutely regarding " the days of old " in 
New Jersey, and especially in the Eastern Division. His 
familiarity with the official records of our State also gave 
him knowledge of the woful gaps therein. At the same 
time his connection with the New York Historical Society 
caused him to be informed as to the steps taken by that 
Society in 1838 to secure for our sister State what it re- 
quired from foreign archives to complete its own records. 
Hence the persistence with which he repeatedly urged upon 
our Legislature the importance of cooperating with New 



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York in this movement, as I have already related. Who 
that read those articles in the Neiuark Daily Advertiser. 
about 1842, could have ima.ii^incd that the curtain raised 
upon the "Glimpses of the Past" was drawn by a young 
man of thirty-two, who by his extraordinary knowledge of 
the men and events of nearly two centuries before was able 
to make them all like living realities? From the time that 
he took up his residence again in Newark, in 1843, he was 
engaged in business until 1879, when he permanently re- 
tired. There is no doubt that even while in New York he 
had been impressed with the desirability of a New Jersey 
Historical Society, and when this Society was formed he 
seemed, by common consent, just the man for Correspond- 
ing Secretary. Examine the first twenty volumes of our 
Proceedings, and you cannot but be impressed with the 
gentle but strong personality of Mr. Whitehead through 
them all. The numerous papers which he read, the enor- 
mous correspondence conducted by him. the reports and 
the resolutions which bear traces of his suggestion and 
nearly always of his pen, the plans he was continually mak- 
ing for the Society's welfare— all go to show now near to 
his heart was this institution which he had nursed from its 
birth into a vigorous maturity. The tact and assiduity 
with which he collected money, manuscripts, books, por- 
traits and relics for its library can never be told, for he was 
the last person to speak of them. But our priceless col- 
lection of rarities, so largely the result of his efforts, speaks 
for him. Although he quit school at thirteen, he never 
"finished his education." That went on while he lived. 
He was an ardent, unceasing student. The history of "East 
Jersey under the Proprietary Governments," which he per 
mitted the Society to publish (in 1846) as the first volume 
of its Collections, gave him an established reputation as a 
painstaking, accurate historian, and there is a perennial 
charm in the delightful pictures he gives us of the old-time 



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social life in New Jersey, in his "Contributions to the Early 
History of Perth Amboy and Adjoining Country, with 
Sketches of Men and Events in New Jersey, during the 
Provincial Era."^ While his fame will rest mainly upon 
these tvvo works, he himself attached more importance to 
the project of securing the material for and publishing the 
series of volumes known as the " New Jersey Archives." 
When at last, after nearly forty years of endeavor on his 
part, the manuscript was in hand and the funds (appropri- 
ated by the Legislature) were available for the printing, 
his happiness knew no bounds. The dream of a lifetime 
was at last to be realized. It is pleasant to know that he 
lived to see seven volumes of the Archives published, and 
that he had arranged the material for printing three more 
volumes, ere he was called away. Mr. Whitehead's zeal 
in the collection and dissemination of knowledge was not 
confined to this Society. He was one of the founders of 
the Newark Library Association, in 1847, and was at first 
its Secretary, and then, for thirty-three years, its President, 
until his death. He served as a member of the Board of 
Education of Newark, 1861-1871, and was a Trustee of 
the State Normal School, 1 862-1 884. It was an interest- 
ing coincidence that during the last twenty years of his life 
his leisure hours were passed in congenial pursuits in the 
rooms of the Society, on the site of the building in which 
he was born. His health failed gradually for several years, 
and at last, on August 8, 1884, at Perth Amboy, which 
was so endeared to him by youthful memories, he passed 
away, and three days later, on what would have been his 
"golden wedding day," he was buried in the beautiful 
churchyard of St. Peter's, where he had so often wandered, 
with note-book or sketch-book, in his boyhood. My ear- 
liest recollection of Mr. Whitehead dates back to my 

1 New York, 18.56. 8vo. Pp. viii, 4-^8. 




STEPHEN WICKES, M. D. 



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school days in Newark, when he, as a member of the Board 
of Education, visited the High School. It was upon his 
nomination that I was elected a member of this Society, in 
1872, and was made Recording Secretary in 1 880. He 
honored me with frequent consultations regarding the af- 
fairs of the Society. The more I saw of him the more did 
he grow in my regard, and his death came to me with the 
sense of a personal bereavement. "He was one of the 
finest looking men in the city. More than si.K feet high 
and well proportioned, he was a model of physical and 
manly beauty. . . Without the appearance of an ath- 
lete, he filled the eye as perfect in stature, development, 
dignity and power. . . If his bearing had more of dig- 
nity than was suited to a character so unaffected as his, 
the impression passed away when he gave his opinion or 
joined in common conversation. Levity was cut of place 
in his intercourse with his friends. But cheerfulness was 
habitual — it adorned his character, and gave a charm to his 
life. Genius has been neatly defined as an infinite capacity 
for taking pains. In this he was a genius, a great genius. 
We may search the world as with lighted candles, and live to 
the age of the oldest man of the ages, but we shall die 
without the sight of another whose virtues, public and pri- 
vate, whose usefulness in the community, whose excellence 
in the several branches of literary labor which he so faith- 
fully performed, whose sterling integrity, manly dignity, 
true nobility, and high Christian character are more worthy 
of our admiration and imitation than those which add lus- 
tre to the name and give fragrance to the memory of our 
departed and beloved friend, William A. Whitehead."' 

His successor, Stephen Wickes, M. D., elected in Janu- 
ar)-, 1885, had already acquired a reputation as an histori- 



1 Sketch of the Life iind Charaeter of William A. Whitehead, by Samuel Irena^ 
us Prime. Read before the New Jersey Historical Society. May :il, \»»'x |.\ew 
ark. J 8vo. Pp. 22. Reprinted from the Proceedings, 2d Series, VIII., 181-202. 




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an of industrious research, by his valuable " History of 
Medicine in New Jersey, and of its Medical Men, From the 
Settlement of the Province to A. D. i8oo," published in 
1879. He was born at Jamaica, L. I., March 17, 1813; 
graduated from Union College, Schenectady, and having 
been licensed as a physician, practiced his profession for 
fifteen years at Troy, N. Y., whence he removed, in 1852, 
to Orange, in this State, which was thereafter his home. 
He became a member of this Society in 1863, but being 
engaged in active practice, and in collecting material for 
the work mentioned, as well as for a history of Orange, he 
took no active part in the Society's affairs until 1879, when 
he was appointed on the Committee on Library. In May, 
1884, he was added to the Executive Committee, to fill a 
vacancy. As a member of the two committees named, he 
soon made a point of visiting the rooms of the Society reg- 
ularly. When Mr. Whitehead died, the Society deemed 
itself fortunate in finding Dr. Wickes ready and willing to 
attempt the difficult task of filling the place so honored by 
such a predecessor, and the choice was vindicated by the 
character of his service, until death deprived us of his 
abilities, on July 8, 1889, at Orange. He introduced 
the custom of embodying in the reports of the Executive 
Committee, to be published in the Proceedings, notices of 
deceased members of the Society. A favorite project of 
his, which he pressed with zeal and energy, was the forma- 
tion of local historical societies in affiliation with this So- 
ciety. He was precise, methodical and painstaking in his 
work, was at his desk in the library two or three mornings 
a week, and devoted much thought to the Society's inter- 
ests. His courtly elegance of manner, his habit of always 
wearing a dress-suit, and his white hair and long, snow-white 
beard, gave him a venerable and striking appearance, while 
his bright eye and elastic step betokened a vigorous frame 
and alert mind. Dr. Wickes read two papers before the 




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Society, both from his long-contemplated History of Or- 
ange.' One was presented at the meeting in Newark, May 
15, 1879, on "The Newark Mountains in the Last Century ;" 
the second was read at Princeton, September 28, 1888, on 
"The First Minister of Orange, N. J., 1718," in which he 
rescued from obscurity some records of the Rev. Jedidiah 
Buckingham.- An appreciative Memoir of Dr. Wickes was 
read to this Society, at the meeting in Newark, May 15, 
1890, by his friend. Dr. Joseph Parrish, of Burlington.'' 

DECEASED RECORDING SECRETARIES. 

I have been well acquainted with all our Recording Sec- 
retaries, with one exception. 

The first was Joseph P. Bradley. He took an active part 
in the organization of the Society, on February 27, 1845, 
and was elected Recording Secretary on that day. He 
discharged the duties of the place most acceptably for two 
years, but thereafter declined to hold any office. His in- 
terest in the Society, and in its work, however, continued 
through his long life, being manifested in his service on 
various committees, until his removal to Washington ; by 
his constant donations to the library, including on one oc- 
casion a large number of rare Legislative Journals and 
Acts; his frequent attendance on the meetings, so late as 
May 16, 1889, when he made some interesting remarks 
about the great value of our collections, and added the 
significant suggestion: "If those interested in history 
would occasionally give an hour to the subject they would 
accomplish a good work." Himself one of the busiest ot 
men, he nevertheless found — or took — a great deal of time 
for historical research. He told me that during his vaca- 
tion one Summer, when he was past seventy-five, he had 

1 His ■■History of the Oran^res in Essex County, N. J., from Itititi to Ksoti," was 
posthumously published, in elegant form, in 189:i. 

2 Proceedings. 2d Series. X.. 103-112. 

3 Ibid., XL, 11-19 



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spent several weeks in poring over musty town records in 
Connecticut, devoting a whole day at one time to decipher- 
ing an almost illegible document. On another occasion 
he related how he had traced out the lines of the original 
town-lots in Newark. Again, speaking of the Elizabeth- 
town Bill in Chancery, he expressed the opinion that the 
East Jersey Proprietors were in error in that controversy. 
He gave me most generous assistance in the preparation of 
a memoir of Josiah Hornblower, which I had undertaken 
before learning that he had accumulated much material 
with the same object in view, and spent many evenings in 
going over my manuscript and proofs. Later, he warmly 
encouraged me to write a paper on Chief Justice Hornblow- 
er. Only a few months before his death he passed an hour 
or two one afternoon in my library, conversing on historic 
themes relating to New Jersey, in which he manifested as 
keen an interest and as fresh a recollection as if he had not 
been for more than twenty years a resident of Washington. 
A paper which he read to us at Trenton, on January 23, 
185 I, on "The American Union, and the Perils to which it 
it has been Exposed," is an able and philosophical analysis 
of the moving causes which impelled the Colonies to form 
that Union, and of the influences which up to 1850 had 
threatened its continuance. It also voiced in unmistakable 
language the writer's conception of the paramount sover- 
eignty of the National power, vested in the Union — a con- 
ception to which he was destined within forty years to 
give the force of law, in the famous Legal Tender decision. 
His "Memorial of the Life and Character of Hon. William 
L. Dayton," to which I have already alluded, was not com- 
pleted by him until 1875, when it was published in our 
Proceedings. It is an admirable presentation of the salient 
features in the career of Judge Dayton, and of his charac 
teristics. It is only two years ago — in January, 1893 — since 
we had the melancholy pleasure of listening to that splen- 




JOHN S. GONDII, M. D. 



did and most scholarly address upon Judge Bradley, by his 
surviving classmate, the Hon. Cortlandt Parker.' The prin- 
cipal facts in his career are familiar to all. How he was 
born March 14, 18 13, the son of a modest farmer in the 
Helderberg, New York ; how, amid the relentless drudgery 
of the farm he prepared himself for coMege ; how he en- 
tered Rutgers, in our own State, and by unstinted toil, aid- 
ed by a marvellously tenacious memory, he speedily forged 
ahead, and graduated in 1836;- how he studied law, was 
iidmitted to the bar, and steadily worked his way to the 
front rank of his profession, until his superiority was rec- 
ognized by his appointment, March 21, 1870, to the Su- 
preme Court of the United States, where his abilities shone 
with increasing lustre until his death, on January 22, 
1892. His wife was the daughter of Chief Justice Horn- 
blower, the first President of the Society, and his surviv- 
ing son has been for several years a member of our Exec- 
utive Committee. The figure of Justice Bradley as an 
able lawyer of solid acquirements, and as a most distin- 
guished jurist, is destined to loom larger as the years go 
by, and it will be ever a cause of congratulation to this So- 
ciety that it was honored by his active membership for 
nearly half a century. 

Our second Recording Secretary, Dr. John S. Condit, 
was a descendant of John Conditt, weaver, who came from 
England or Wales, and purchased lands in the bounds of 
Newark, in 1689 and 1691, where he died in 1713. His 
grandson, Sanmel (son of Peter), born Dec. 6, 1696, set- 
tled in what is now West Orange, and married Mary Dodd, 
in I 722. One of Samuel's grandsons was Dr. John Condit, 
of Orange ; he was a Surgeon in the Revolutionary War, 

1 Mr. Justice Bradley, of Uie United States Supreiuc Court, by Corthuidt I'ark- 
er. Read before the Historical Society of New Jersey. January -Zi. 1«I3.— Proceed- 
ings. -M Series, XII.. 14:M77. 

'i He was a Trustee of Rutgers CoUet^e. 1850-1893. 



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tnember of Congress from New Jersey, 1799-1803, United 
States Senator, 1803-1817, and Member of Congress again, 
1819-20. His son, Silas Condit, born August 18, 1778, 
was a member of the Assembly, 1812, 1816, and of the 
Council, 1819-1822, Representative in Congress, 1831- 
1833, and a member of the Constitutional Convention of 
1844. He was a resident of Newark, being President of 
the "Old Bank" (the Newark Banking and Insurance Com- 
pany) for several years. His first child was John Smith 
Condit, born November 16, 1801. He graduated at Prince- 
ton College, in 1817, studied law and then medicine, gradu- 
ating in 1822 from the New York College of Phj-sicians and 
Surgeons. He resided on the east side of the Passaic riv- 
er, opposite Newark, and was elected to the Assembly from 
Hudson county in 1840, and to the Legislative Council, 
1841-1842. He joined this Society. May 7, 1845, and was 
elected Recording Secretary, January 21, 1847. The de- 
scendants of the old Newark families should always remem- 
ber him with gratitude for the work he did in carefully 
transcribing all the tombstone inscriptions in the Old Bury- 
ing Ground, and of those prior to 1800 in the other bury- 
ing grounds in and near Newark, which record he present- 
ed to the Society in a handsomely-engrossed volume, at 
the meeting on November 5, 1846. He died April 5, 1848. 
In announcing his death to the Society, on May 25, 1848, 
Mr. William B. Kinney remarked: "This severe bereave- 
ment not only deprives us of the services of a faithful of- 
ficer, ever prompt and cheerful in the discharge of official 
duties, but removes from amongst us an associate i>nd coun- 
sellor whose pure and upright mind, mature judgment, 
sound learning and rare acquaintance with the history of 
our native State, gave an inappreciable value to his exam- 
ple and influence."' 



1 Proceedings. III., 61. 




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David Abbott Hayes, of Newark, was elected, May 25, 
1S48, to succeed Dr. Condit as Recording Secretary, and 
was re-elected annually for twenty-seven years. He was 
born in Newark, May 29, 18 10, being a descendant of 
Thomas Hayes, of Milford, Conn , 1645, whose son Robert, 
born at Milford, Sept. 30, 1679, removed to Newark about 
1692, where he died October 28, 1759. Mr. Hayes studied 
law with Gov. William Pennington, and on being admitted 
to the bar, in 1834, opened an office in Newark, where he 
practiced the rest of his life. He was deeply and intelli- 
gently interested in every enterprise calculated to advance 
the welfare of Newark, and hence this Society, which he 
jomed May 7, 1845, found in him a constant friend. I may 
not dwell upon the personal relations between him and 
myself, which began as teacher and pupil in the old First 
Presbyterian Sunday School of Newark, but it is proper to 
recall the zeal with which he performed his duties as an 
officer of this Society, and the enthusiasm with which he 
entered into every movement which bade fair to promote 
its interests. He vigorously pressed the printing of the 
Newark Town Records; it is to him that we are indebted 
for the narrative of the singular discovery in an attic at 
Short Hills, of Gilbert Stuart's beautiful portrait of Aaron 
Burr, which is one of our most highly prized treasures ; 
and it was he who offered the resolution, January 19, 1871, 
urging the State to have the New Jersey Regimental flags 
deposited in a suitable receptacle in the State House, which 
has since been done. He made many valuable donations 
to our Library, and contributed liberally toward providing 
a permanent home for the Society. His was a genial 
presence in our rooms, and he was greatly missed when we 
were deprived of his companionship, on November 11, 
1875. 

His successor was Adolphus Pennington Young, elected 
January 20, 1876. He was born in Newark, in September, 



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1 844) the son of Captain Aaron Young, who died in his 
country's service in the war of the Rebeihon. His moth- 
er, P. Louisa, was a daughter of James W. Pennington, son 
of Gov. VVilHam S. Pennington. He was admitted to the 
bar in 1868, and practiced in Newark. His father's expe- 
riences in the War led the son to attempt a history of the 
campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley, and at the meeting of 
the Society in Trenton, in January, 1 873 , he read a paper on 
"Events in the Shenandoah Valley, particularly with refer- 
ence to the battle at New Market, on the 14th May, 1864." 
The minutes kept by him are models of chirography, and all 
his papers showed the same love of neatness. His charac- 
ter was singularly pure and transparent, he was sincerity 
itself, in manner very winning, and his youthful earnestness 
drew us all closely to him. He died at his residence at 
East Orange, October 6, 1879, having just completed his 
thirty-fifth year.^ He had been a member of the Society 
since January 18, 1872. 

THE TREASURERS AND LIBRARIANS. 

Thomas J. Stryker, the first Treasurer, elected in 1845, 
was descended from Jan Strijcker, who was born in Hol- 
land, in 1615, and came to New Amsterdam in 1652, 
whence he removed in 1654 to Midwout (now Flatbush), 
L. I., where he was elected Schepen and Chief Magistrate 
for twenty years, and held many other offices of trust and 
honor. His grandson, Jan Strijcker (son of Gerrit), 
bought, Feb. 18, 1714, three hundred acres of land at Mid- 
dlebush, Somerset county, and soon after removed thither. 
Jan's great-great-grandson, Thomas J. Stryker, was born at 
Princeton, June 23, 1800. He engaged in business in Tren- 
ton at an early age, and was identified with most of the in- 
stitutions — religious, moral, educational and financial — of 
the town. He was a Manager of the State Lunatic Asy- 

l See Proceedings, 'id Series, III., 57-58; VI., 68-70, 77, 




THOMAS J. STRYKER. 



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lum at Trenton from its organization, and was cashier of 
the Trenton Banking Company Horn 1842 for thirty years. 
He served this Society as Treasurer until 1848, when he 
decHned a re-election. He died at Trenton, September 28, 
1872. Said one of his business associates: "In the rela- 
tions of a Christian gentleman and a man of business, the 
name of Mr. Stryker will live as long in this community as 
the name of any other man who has left us. The confi- 
dence he held among the people was unsurpassed."' 

I did not know Mr. Stryker, but I do very well remi-m- 
ber James Ross, of Newark, who was elected in 1848, and 
although he retired at the close of 1855, long before my 
recollection, he retained his interest in the Society for 
many years thereafter. 

In 1856 the offices of Librarian and Treasurer were 
merged in the person of Samuel H. Congar, but in i860 
they were separated, and Solomon Alofsen was chosen 
Treasurer. He was born in Amsterdam, Holland, Novem- 
ber 22, 1808, of a good Dutch family, and coming to 
America in early manhood as Secretary of the Netherlands 
legation, he concluded to stay here, and settled in Jersey 
City. He dealt largely in railroad and other investments. 
He was enrolled in this Society, May "] , 1845, and was a 
generous contributor to its treasury and to its library, pre- 
senting more than six hundred separate publications rela- 
ting to the Rebellion, and frequently giving us the benefit 
of his knowledge of Dutch to translate ancient records in 
that language. To his familiarity with the language of 
heraldry, also, we are indebted for the technical description 
of the seal of the Society.'' He resigned the office of 
Treasurer, May 16, 1867, when about to make a prolonged 
visit to his native country. In accepting his resignation a 

1 Mr. Stryker was the father of Adjutiuit iJeneral Williiim S. StryUer, now 
[January. 1898] President of the Society. 

2 Proceedings. II., 3; 2d Series, XIII.. 8. 



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resolution was adopted expressing in behalf of the mem- 
bers "their high appreciation of the efficient manner in 
which his gratuitous services had been rendered for more 
than seven years, and the obligations they are under for 
the generous contributions which at different times he has 
made to their funds. "^ In 1871 he left this country to take 
up his permanent residence abroad. He had a large and 
very valuable library, chiefly of Americana, which he took 
with him, but having no settled place of abode was obliged, 
much to his regret, to sell the collection, at auction, in June, 
1876, at Utrecht.- He died suddenly at Arnhem, October 
19, 1876.'^ 

Col. Robert Smith Swords, of Newark, was elected Treas- 
urer May 16, 1867, to succeed Mr. Alofsen. He was a native 
of New York city, where he was born July 12. 18 16. Grad- 
uating at Columbia College in 1834, he practiced law, 1837— 
1847, but in 1849 retired from practice and settled near 
Rutherford, New Jersey. In 1850 he made an extensive 
trip through Europe, acquiring a thorough knowledge of 
French and Spanish. He was commissioned Lieutenant 
Colonel of the Thirteenth New Jersey Regiment, August 
8, 1862, and participated in the battles of South Mountain 
and Antietam in the following month, being wounded in 
the former engagement. He resigned, February 3, 1863, 
and took up his residence in Newark, where he acted as 
secretary of the Board of Trade and treasurer of various 
other organizations. He became a member of this Soci- 

1 Pi-oceedinys. 3cl Series, I.. 23. 

2 The catalogue of this sale made 287 closely-printed octavo pages, and con- 
tained 4.584 lots. It was well remarked in the preface that Mr. Alofsen was a bib- 
liophile, and not a bibliomaniac; that he usid his books, all of them, as attested 
by his numerous remarks, corrections and additions scattered throughout their 
pages. I have Mr. Alofsen's copy of Taylor's --Annals of the Classis of Bergen." 
enriched in this manner by Mr. A. ; moreover, he has laid in a dozen or more pa- 
ges of notes in his fine, clerkly handwriting, containing most interesting informa- 
tion, together with hi.s correspondence with the Rev. Benjamin C. Taylor, the au- 
thor, relating to some of the statements in the book. 

3 For a brief notice of Mr. Alofsen, see Proceedings. 3d Series, IV., 168. 



ety, January 19, i860, making thereafter numerous dona- 
tions to the library. For two or three years before his 
death, he spent his whole time in the gratuitous service of 
the Society, acting as Librarian, and keeping up the cata- 
logue of books and manuscripts. He read a Memoir of 
John Rutherfurd, already mentioned, in 1872, and in 1879 
a paper on "The Bones of Columbus," discovered in the 
Cathedral of San Domingo two years previously. It was 
on the motion of Col. Swords that the Society took action, 
May 20, 1880, to secure full records of the deaths of its 
members.^ At the next meeting his own decease was the 
first announced,'- he having died at Newark on January 15, 
1881. Warm-hearted, energetic, and impulsive in temper- 
ament, positive in manner, at times irascible from attacks 
of the gout, always scholarly and industrious, for nearly 
fourteen years he was a valuable officer. 

Of the first Librarian, Thomas Gordon, of Trenton, I 
have no recollection. He was doubtless a descendant of 
Thomas Gordon, one of the early settlers of Perth Amboy, 
and who for many years was one of the leading men in the 
Province, occupying numerous important positions — as At- 
torney General of East Jersey, 1698, Judge, member of the 
Assembly, 1703-1709, member of the Council, 1709-1722, 
Receiver-General and Treasurer, 1710-1719. He died at 
Perth Amboy, April 28, 1722, in his seventieth year. His 
son Thomas removed to Hunterdon county, where he was 
living in 1738. It was perhaps the latter's son Thomas 
who in his will, dated January 9, 1779, describes himself as 
a yeoman, of Amwcll, Hunterdon county. His will was 
proved April 29, 1785. He left much of his property to 
his son Franklin (who died at Amweil in July, 1793), and 
to Franklin's grandsons, Othneil and Thomas. The last- 
named (Thomas) was born about 1775, at Amweil. He 

1 Proceedings. 2d Series, VI., 93. 

2 Ibid., 116. 



removed early in life to Trenton, where he was a surveyor 
and conveyancer. Many of his maps were admirably 
drawn and colored. His interest in matters literary appears 
from his election in 1822 among the first Board of Mana- 
gers of the Apprentices' Library, of Trenton, of which he 
was chosen Clerk. He was elected Librarian of this Soci- 
ety in 1845 and again in 1846, but as the library was loca- 
ted in Newark, and as he was advanced in years, he could 
give the duties of the office little or no personal attention, 
and he retired in 1847. He is supposed to have died in 
October, 1848, at Trenton.' 

The functions of Librarian devolved upon the Corres- 
ponding Secretary during the next two years, until he was 
relieved, at his own request. May 25, 1848, when Dr. Sam- 
uel H. Pennington was appointed to the vacant position, 
devoting to it such time as he could occasionally spare 
from his practice. He was succeeded, January 15, 1852, 
by Samuel H. Congar, of Newark, who gave twenty years 
to the Society's service in this capacity. John Conger, his 
ancestor, was among those New England colonists who 
settled at Woodbridge prior to 1668, whence some of his 
posterity came in the ensuing century to Newark, where 
Samuel Hayes Congar was born, December 10, 1796. His 
mother, Hannah, was a daughter of Major Samuel Hayes, 
a Revolutionary soldier, and Sarah Bruen, both the Hayes 
and Bruen families being among the early founders of 
Nevvark. It having been proposed, about 1845, ^o utilize 
the Old Burying Ground in Newark for some other pur- 
pose, Mr. Congar was aroused in opposition, and he pro- 
ceeded to make extensive historical and genealogical in- 
quiries regarding the old settlers there interred, until he 
became possessed of a greater store of antiquarian lore re- 
garding Newark and vicinity than any other person. 
Much of this he gave to the public in a series of articles 

I His will, dated Oct. 20, 1847, was proved Oct. 31, 1848. 




SAMUEL H. CONGAR 



5 J 

in the Newark Daily Advertiser ; more was published by 
him in the volume containing a report of the Newark Bi- 
Centennial Celebration;' and still more is deposited in our 
library, he having joined this Society May 25, 1848. He 
explored the musty recesses in the Essex count}'- court 
house and brought to light many forgotten records of 
great interest and value, to which he added others discov- 
ered in old attics.'- He was a veritable " Old Mortality," 
and as he moved briskly but noiselessly about the rooms 
of the Society, I always looked upon him with a sort of 
awe, for the knowledge of the dead and fast hidden under 
that dry old grey-haired pate. Such a man as Mr. Con- 
gar is invaluable in a Society like this. While he lived no 
one ever thought of attempting to trace the genealogy of 
any Newark family without consulting him. When he 
died, July 29, 1872, in the house in which he was born, it 
was recognized that the Society had sustained an irrepar- 
able loss. It is simple truth to say that no one has ever 
attempted to take up the Vv'ork in which he was so pecu- 
liarly an adept. '^ 

The Rev. Samuel Hutchings, an elderly retired clergy- 
mar,, was engaged to take charge of the library and rooms 
of the Society, as assistant and acting Librarian, after Mr. 
Congar's death, no Librarian being chosen until January 
2 1. 1875, when Martin R. Dennis was elected to fill the 
vacancy. Mr. Dennis was in active business, and could 
not give much time to the work, but he employed assist- 
ance, largely at his own expense, so that the rooms were 
kept open regularly. He was born at Newton, Sussex 
county, in 1823, the son of Ezekiel Dennis and Mary (Bald- 
win) Dennis, came to Newark when young, studied medi- 
cine and graduated from the New York Medical College, 

1 Supplement to N. J. Hist. Soc. Coll., VI. 

2 See N. J. Hist. Soc. Coll., V., .501 -5Ui. 

8 For an obituary notice of Mr. Congar, see Proceedings, 2cl Series, III., 50 53. 



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but instead of practicing engaged in the drug business in 
New York for some years. About 1849 he was taken into 
partnership by his brother, Alfred L. Dennis, in the book 
and stationery business, which the latter had bought many 
years before from WilHam Tuttle. In 1861 he succeeded 
to the business, and continued it at the old stand, on the 
southwest corner of Broad and Academy streets. He was 
elected a member of this Society, May 16, 1867. At the 
meeting in January, 1868, he was appointed on the Com- 
mittee on Library, of which he was chairman from 1871, 
and in that capacity was highly efficient in adding to the 
Society's resources. He died February i, 1881.' 

On January 20, 1881, Frederick William Ricord was 
elected Treasurer and Librarian, under an arrangement by 
which he agreed to spend the greater part of every day in 
the Society's rooms, for a nominal compensation. Judge 
Ricord has been continued in the dual office by annual 
elections ever since, and the wisdom of having an accom- 
plished gentleman of extensive literary, historical and bib- 
liographical acquirements in constant charge of the rooms 
has been proved beyond all question by this action."' 

1 See Proceedings. 2ci Series, VI., 134. 

2 At the time of the delivery of this address .ludye Ricord occupied a seat on 
the platform, though in a very feeble state of health. He failed steadily until Au- 
gust 12. 1807. when he was taken from us. A few facts in his life may be noted 
briefly here. He was the son of Dr. Jean Baptiste Ricord. who married Elizabeth, 
a dau.-Thter of the Rev. Peter Stryker. of Belleville. Mr. Ricord was born October 
7, 1819. studied at Geneva CoUetje. and subsequently at Rutgers College, after which 
he began the study of the law. but soon ensayed in teaching, which he followed 
twelve years, in Newark. In 1849 he became librarian of the Newark Library As- 
sociation, where the writer was employed under him for a few weeks in the sum- 
mer of 1858. He was a member of the Board of Education. 1853-1860; was State 
School .Superintendent four years; Sheriff of Essex County. 1865-6-7; Mayor of 
Newark. 1860-1873. a service made memorable by his stubborn and ultimately suc- 
cessful fight against a patent wooden pavement: subsequently he was a City Po- 
lice Justice, and one of the Lay Judges of Essex County. But to him his real life 
was that sijent among his books. He was the author of many school-books, of 
translations from the French, and published two volumes of metrical versions 
of "English Songs from Foreign Tongues." He was an accomplished litterateur 
and a delightful social companion. 




FREDERICK WILLIAM RICORD. 



33 

SOME MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
The Rev. Daniel Veach McLean, D. D , was the first 
Chairman of the Executive Committee, elected at the or- 
ganization of the Society, February 27, i8_i5. This was a 
fitting recognition of his important part in urging the 
formation of the Society, which he suggested in the sum- 
mer of 1844, and it was at his instance that the first meet- 
ing was held for the purpose. He was born in Fayette 
county, Penn., November 24, 1801, and after graduating 
from the State University in Ross county, Ohio, in 1824, 
and teaching for about three years, he studied two years 
in Princeton Theological Seminary, when he was licensed 
to preach by the Presbytery of Carlisle, and occupied the 
pulpit of the First Church of Lebanon, Ohio, for two 
years. He was then called to the Old Tennent Church, in 
Monmouth county. New Jersey, where he spent four years, 
followed by fifteen years in charge of the Freehold Presby- 
terian church, which he left in 1850 to assume the Presi- 
dency of Lafayette College, at Easton, Pa., where he 
labored with great success for six years. He then spent 
four years in Europe, and on his return filled pastorates at 
Plainfield, and at Red Bank, dying at the latter place. De- 
cember 23, 1869.^ Dr. McLean was genial yet dignified in 
his intercourse with his fellows, of strong natural force of 
character, deeply interested in educational work in every 
phase. He was intensely positive in his convictions, ready 
to assert his views at all times and places, yet submitting 
gracefully when defeated. He thought the records of the 
Society ought to have set out more particularly just how it 
came to be formed, and he made a strenuous eff"ort to have 
the library located at Trenton, but when he failed to have 
his ideas adopted, he seemed as interested as ever, served 
as Chairman of the Executive Committee, 1845-6-7-8, and 
second on the Committee in 1 849-1 S50, besides render- 

1 Proceediugs, 3 J Series, II., 3. 74-75. 



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\ng valuable service on other committees, until his removal 
from the State, in 1850, and made important donations 
through a long series of years. On returning to the State 
he resumed his associations with the Society, attending the 
last meeting before his death. 

The Rev. Nicholas Murray, D. D.,of Elizabeth, was another 
original member of the same Committee, of which he was 
Chairman from January, 1849, until his death, February 4, 
1 86 1. Dr. Murray was born at Balynaskea, County VVest- 
meath, Ireland, Dec. 25, 1802, of a well-to do, prominent 
Roman Catholic family. He came to America in 1818, vvith 
but $12, and found employment in Harper & Brothers' print- 
ing and publishing house. Having joined the Brick Pres- 
byterian church, his remarkable abilities induced a num- 
ber of influential friends to urge him to prepare for the 
ministry, which he did, graduating at Williams College, at 
Amherst, Mass., in 1826, and at the Princeton Theological 
Seminary in 1829. After four years in the pastorate at 
Wilkesbarre and Kingston, Penn., he was called in 1833 to 
the First Presbyterian church at Elizabeth, N. J., where he 
continued the rest of his life, despite constant and most 
tempting offers from other fields of labor. He ranked 
among the ablest and most influential men in his denom- 
ination. As a pastor and as a Christian gentleman he had 
no superior. In literature he attained a wide reputation as 
a graceful writer, while in controversy his pen was a most 
trenchant weapon — powerful as Richard Coeur de Lion's 
mighty sword, keen as the scimetar of Saladin.' I have 
mentioned his valuable " Notes, historical and biographical, 

1 Memoirs of the Rev. NichoUis Murray. D. D. (■■ Kirvvan "). by Samuel Ireiiieus 
Prime | D. D. |. Harper & Brothers. New York. 18(53. 12mo. Pp. 448. 

A Discourse addressed to the First Presbyterian church in Elizabetli. N. J.. 
February 10. 1861. the Sunday morninK immediately succeeding the death of the 
Rev. Nicholas Murra.y. D. D.. their pastor. By William B. Sprague, D. D. Albany, 
N. Y.. 1861. 8vo. Pp. 51. 

Hatfield's History of Elizabeth. 1868. pp. 669-6*3. 

A brief notice of Dr. Murray's death is given in the Proc. N. J. Hist. Soc, 
IX., ?7. 



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concerning Elizabethtown," published in 1844. At the 
meeting of the Society at Newark, May 25, 1848, he read 
a " Memoir of Rev. James Caldwell," the' " Fighting Par- 
son " of the Revolution, whose wife was shot by the British 
at Connecticut Farms in 1780, and who was himself killed 
by an American sentinel, at Elizabethtown, Nov, 24, 
1 78 1.' Dr. Murray was an earnest and most useful friend 
of the Society for the first sixteen years of its existence. 

Archer Gifford was a member of the Executive Commit- 
tee, 1 845-1 859, being Chairman, 18J4-1859. He was 
born in Newark in 1796, son of Capt.-John Gifford; grad- 
uated from Princeton in 1814, and was licensed as an at- 
torney in 1818. President Jackson appointed him Collec- 
tor of the Port of Newark in f8^6, an office he retained for 
twelve years. He was a man of literary tastes and diversi- 
fied scholarship, publishing a "Digest of Statutory and 
Constitutional Constructions," with " An Index of the 
Statutes at Large;"' a work on the "Unison of the Lit- 
urgy,"^ and read before this Society, at Trenton, January 
17, 1850, a paper on "The Aborigines of New Jersey,"^ 
which givts an excellent summary of the history of the 
New Jersey tribes. Mr. Gifford had also collected consid 
erable original material for a Biograph)^ of Peter Wilson, 
LL. D., of Hackensack, afterwards of Columbia College, 

1 Proceedin^rs, III.. 77-89. The sentinel was han^'ed for ihe murder: it was sus- 
pected that he was a British sympathizer. 

2 A Difjest of the Statutory and Constitutional Construi'tions delivered in the Su- 
preme Court, and Court of Errors and Apj^eals, of the State of New Jersey. 
Alphabetically arranjred. 13y Archer Gifford. Counsellor at law. Newark. N. J. 
1852 8vo. Pp. xii. .^^9. (1). Synopsis of the Constitution of New Jersey. Adopted 
June 2;l. 1844. Alphabetically arran<-fed. Pp. (2), 41. An Inde.x to the Statutes at 
Larj^e of the State of New Jersey 1 1776-18501. Pp. (4). 391. (1). These works ex- 
hibit an immense amount of industry. 

3 Unison of the Ijitur^.v: beinj,' an exhibition of Tlie li:iniii)iiy of the .Subject 
contained in the collect for each of the Sundays and Holydays in the year, with the 
epistle, the gospel, and the lessons for that day. and of its accordance with a cor- 
resiDondiny topic in the church's catechism, and in her articles of religion. By 
Archer Gilford. A. M. ... From Advent to Ash- Wednesday. New York, 1856. 
12mo. Pp. 327, (1). 

4 Proceedings, IV., 16J-198. 



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and the compiler of Wilson's Laws, 1702— 1784, but it was 
unfinished when he died suddenly, May 13, 1859,^ 

The R'ev. Eli Field Cooley, a member of the Committee, 
I 845-1846, was born in Sutherland, Mass., Oct. 15, 1781 ; 
graduated from Princeton College in 1806, and was pastor 
of the Presbyterian churches at Cherry Valley, N. Y., 
1 809-1 820; at Matawan, N. J., 1 820-1 823, and in the 
First Church of Trenton, now Ewing, 1823-1857. He 
was a man of great and varied industry; was one of the 
founders of the American Bible Society, in 18 16; induced 
the New Jersey Legislature to provide for the support of 
the blind, and of deaf mutes; was one of the building 
committee of the State Lunatic Asylum at Trenton, and an 
active member of the committee which built East and West 
Colleges at Princeton. I have already mentioned that in 
1842 he wrote a series of papers on the early history of 
Hopewell and Trenton, which were published in the Tren- 
ton State Gazette. The account of Mercer county, in 
Barber and Howe's " Historical Collections," was also from 
his pen. He compiled a large amount of material relating 
to the " Genealogy of Early Settlers in Trenton and 
Ewing," which was posthumously published in 1883.'- He 
died April 22, i860. 

Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck, LL. D., the honored Presi- 
dent of Rutgers College, gave us the prestige of his name 
on the E.xecutive Committee during the first two years of 
the Society's existence. He was born in Kingston, N. Y., 
November 29, 1791; graduated from Yale College in 
I 810; began the practice of law at Kingston in 18 14; and 
was President of Rutgers College, 1840— 1850. "By his 
Lectures on Constitutional Law, his genial manners, his 
generous hospitality, and his happy influence exerted on 

1 Ibid., VIII., 08, 1.33. 

3 Trenton, ^vo. Pp. 336. Only riou copies were printed, and the work is now 



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manifold public occasions, he contributed greatly to the 
prosperity of that venerable institution." He died at 
Kingston, N. Y., February 23, 1879. 

One of the most valued of the original members of this 
Society was that " prince of l^ishops," as he has been 
called — the Rt. Rev. George Washington Doane, D. D., 
LL.D, He was the son of Jonathan Doan, a builder, of 
Trenton, where he was born May 27, 1799. Graduating at 
Union College in 181 8, he entered the General Theological 
Seminary in New York, was ordained a deacon in 1821 and 
a priest in 1823, and after a successful ministry in Boston 
was elected Bishop of New Jersey in 1832. A man of 
tremendous energy, fascinating personality and splendid 
eloquence, he speedily became a great power in New Jer- 
sey. His address at the first annual meeting of this Soci- 
ety, at Trenton, January 15, 1846, felicitously entitled 
" The Goodly Heritage of Jerseymen," will be always de- 
lightful reading to every patriotic citizen of our State, He 
served on the Executive Committee, 1845-1855, during 
which period he was seldom absent from the Society's 
meetings. He died April 27, 1859. 

Elias Bailey Dayton Ogden, the last on the list of the 
original members of this Committee, was born at Eliza- 
beth, May 22, 1800, son of Col. Aaron Ogden, distin- 
guished in the Revolution, and United States Senator from 
New Jersey, 1801-1803. Young Dayton was admitted to 
the bar in 1824, and began practice at Paterson, where he 
resided until appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court, in 
184S, when he removed to Elizabeth. He continued on 
the bench, by successive appointments, until his death, 
February 24, 1865. He was a member of the Executive 
Committee, 1845-1854. He may have concluded that 
there was a preponderance of lawyers in the official man- 
agement of the Society, for in 1854 four of the officers and 
six of the nine members of the Executive Committee be- 



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longed to that profession, the Chief Justice and two Asso- 
ciate Justices of the Supreme Court being on that Com- 
mittee. 

In 1847 the Rev. John Maclean, D. D., then one of the 
Professors in Princeton College, and from 1854 to 1868 the 
honored and beloved President of that institution, was 
elected a member of our Executive Committee, and served 
until 185 I. He attended the meetings of the Society as 
late as 1859, frequently contributing to their interest by 
adding to the information of those present on historic 
themes. He was a member of the Society until his death, 
August 10, 1886, at Princeton. He was a native of that 
place, having been born there March 3, 1800, the son of 
Prof. John Maclean. He graduated from the College in 
1 8 16, and became a member of the faculty in 1822. After 
retiring from the Presidency he wrote a " History of the 
College of New Jersey, from its origin in 1746 to the com- 
mencement of 1854.''' 

Littleton Kirkpatrick, of New Brunswick, was added to 
the Committee in 1847, ^^^ continued thereon until Janu 
ary, 1852. His great grandfather, Alexander Kirkpatrick, 
a native of Watties Neach, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, came 
to America in 1736, and settled at Mine Brook, near Bask- 
ingridge, Somerset county, where he died, June 3, 1758. 
His grandson, Andrew (son of David, who was born at 
Watties Neach, February 17, 1724, and married Mary Mc- 
Eowen, of Somerset county), was born Feb. 17, 1756, and 
married Jane, daughter of Col. John Bayard, of New 
Brunswick. He was Chief Justice of New Jersey, 1803- 
1824. His son, Littleton Kirkpatrick, graduated at Prince- 
ton College in 1815, was licensed as an attorney in 1821, 
and practiced in New Brunswick, where he died suddenly, 
August 15, 1859. He was a Trustee of Rutgers College, 



1 Phihidelphia. 1877. -2 vols. 8vo. Pp. 4U, 450. 




JOHN RUTHERFURD 



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1841-1859, and was distinguished for ability and gen- 
erosity. 

In January, 1851, Daniel Haines was elected a member 
of the Committee, serving until January, 1855. He was 
born in New York city, January 6, 1801, son of Elias 
Haines, a native of Elizabeth, and descendant of the early 
settlers of that ancient town. His mother was Mary, 
daughter of Robert Ogden, of Sussex, and niece of Col. 
Aaron Ogden, of Elizabeth. Daniel Haines graduated 
from Princeton College in 1820, and having been ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1823, began practice at Hamburg, 
Sussex county, which was thereafter his place of residence. 
He was elected Governor of New Jersey, in 1843, for one 
year, and again in 1847, for three years. In 1852 he was 
appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court, which ofifice he 
held for fourteen years. While he was Governor he re- 
peatedly urged upon the Legislature the importance of se- 
curing from England copies of the archives relating to 
New Jersey, and all his life evinced an intelligent interest in 
the objects of this Society. It was my good fortune to be- 
come very well acquainted with Governor Haines in 1875, 
and I learned to esteem him as an upright official, a con- 
scientious citizen, a true friend and a Christian gentleman. 
He died at Hamburg, January 26, 1877. 

Of later members of the Committee I need only to re- 
mind you of the Rev. Andrew Bell Paterson, D. D., 1855- 
1857, of Princeton, afterwards of Salem, and then of St. 
Paul, Minn.; Dudley S. Gregory, of Jersey City, for so 
many years identified with the railroad and ferry interests 
of that city, and who served on this Committee, 1855- 
1862; William P. Robeson, the distinguished lawyer of 
Warren county, a member of the Committee, 1 856-1 862; 
ex-Governor and Speaker William Pennington, of Newark, 
( 1 858-1 860), whose kindly greetings are among the pleas- 
antest of my childhood's recollections; John P. Jackson, 



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one of Newark's most valued citizens, who was on the 
Committee, 1860-1861 ;' the Rev. Dr. John Hall, of Tren- 
ton, who gave us twenty-one years of service on the same 
Committee (1861-1881), besides still further duty on the 
Committee on Publications;'' ex-Governor Charles S. 
Olden, of Princeton, 1862-1870; Charles C. Haven, of 
Trenton, 1 862-1 874, who was so enthusiastic in his re- 
searches regarding the battles at Trenton and at Prince- 
ton ;'^ Gen. N. Norris Halsted, of Hudson county, 1864- 
1884, who was a generous friend and zealous worker ;■* 
Samuel Allinson, of Yardville, 1871-1883, the "Philan- 
thropist of New Jersey," that good Friend, who in his walk 
and conversation continually exemplified the principles of 
the Society of which he was so worthy and conspicuous a 
member;"' Theodore F. Randolph, of Morristown, 1871- 
1876, Governor of New Jersey, 1869-1872, United States 
Senator, 1875-1881, and one of the founders of our kin- 
dred society, the Washington Association of New Jersey ;'' 
Hugh H. Bowne, of Rahway, 1 872-1 876; Joel Parker, of 
Freehold, 1875-1887, Governor of New Jersey, 1863- 
1866, 1872-1875, and Justice of the Supreme Court, 1880- 
1887 ;' Joseph N. Tuttle, 1875-1886, one of Newark's most 
upright and honored business men ;'^ Marcus L. Ward, 
of Newark, 1 876-1 884, Governor of New Jersey, 1866- 
1869, member of Congress, 1873-1875;'' the Rev. Dr. 
George Sheldon, of Princeton, 1877-188 i ;'"John F, Hage- 

1 Appropriate notice of Mr. Jael^son's deatli was talten at tlie meeting of the 
Society, January 1(5. 186,2. See Proceedings, IX.. 80. 

2 See Proceedings, May 17. 1894, 2a Series, XIII.. 65. 

3 Ibid., Jan. 21. 1875, 2d Series, IV., 3. 

4 Ibid., May 14, 1884, 2d Series, VIII.. 51. 

5 Ibid., Jan. 17, 1884. 2d Series, VIII.. 5. 69-89. 

6 Ibid., Jan. 17, 1884, 2d Series, VIII., 6. 

7 Ibid., January 24, 1888, 2d Series, X.. 8, .'57-92. 

8 Ibid.. January 25, 1887, 2d Series, IX., 117. 

9 Ibid., May 14. 1884, 2d Serie.s, VIII. , 49; IX., 13(5-147. 
10 Ibid., January 21, 1882, 2d Series, VII., 4. 



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man, of Princeton, 1882— 1892, who favored us with several 
papers, and was an efficient member of the Committee;' 
George A. Pialsey," of Newark, 1885-1894;' 

OTHER EARLY KRIKNDS. 

And in this review how can I fail to mention those other 
early friends of the Society who contributed in various 
ways towards its success? The Rev. Jonathan Cogswell, 
D. D., of New Brunswick, the gif:ed and popular clergy- 
man, who for several years aided the Committee on Pub- 
lications in its work ; the venerable James Carnahan, D. D., 
LL D., President of I'rinceton College, 1 823-1 854 ; ' Charles 
King, of P^lizabeth, for several years President of Columbia 
College, and whose address at the meeting of the Society, 
May 7, 1845, is a most valuable contribution to the history 
of New Jersey;'' the Rev. Abraham Messier, D. I),, of 
Somerville, Trustee of Rutgers College, 1845-1882, who 
was a life-long friend of this Society, which he favored 

1 Ibid.. JaiuiiU-y U. mxi. -M Series. XII., i:{0-i:i:!. 

2 Ibid.. May 17, 1894. 2d Serie.s, XIII.. GO. i)."> KIS. 

8 It will be observed that amonK the ofllcersof tlic Soi'iety. and nienibi'is of tlie 
Executive Committee, have been Governors Peter D. Vroom, William I'ennintr- 
ton. Daniel Haines. Charles S. Olden. Joel Parker, Mari-us L. Ward and Theodore 
F. Randolph; Chief Jusiii-es of the Supreme Court Joseph C. Hornl)lo\ver and 
Henry W. (ireen. to whom should be added (January. IHUH). WMIliam J. Ma^ie; As- 
sociate Justices of the .Supreme Court WMlliam L. Dayton. Elias Bailey Dayton 
Otrden. Daniel Haines. David A. Depue (whose wise and sajjacious counsels we 
enjoyed in the E.\ecutive Committee. 1878 18it()): United States Supreme Court 
Justice Joseph P. Bradley; United States District Court Judges Richard S. Field 
and John T. Nixon. As this address is trointr through the press (January. 18!I8). 
there are on the Board of Trustees Grover Cleveland, of Princeton. ex-President of 
the United States; Garret A. Hobart. of Paterson. now Vice President of tie 
United States; and Alexander T. McGill, Chancellor of New Jer.sey. 

■* Dr. Carnahan made an extremely interestinK statement to the Society, a I its 
meeting at Princeton. Sejit. 27. 1848. relative to President Samuel Daviess trip to 
Europe in 17.Vi. in behalf of the Collej^'e. and his journal of that trip. See Proceed- 
inj-'s. III.. 127 i:W. He read before the Society in 18.'i2 a paper on "The Pennsylva- 
nia Insurrection of 17SI4, commonly called the ' WMiisUey Insurrection.' " in which 
he described the causes of and the circumstances allendintr that danj^erous revolt. 
See Proceedings. V.. .">:{. 101, 113-1.52. 

5 Proceedings, I.. 21-62. At a meeting' of Uic Smicty al I'liclmld. S.-pi. I.i. IX)!', 
President Kint; read a paper on •The Hattlrnf MdUMinnili ('(i\ui House." See 
Proceedings, IV.. 100, 125-141, 



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with several very readable and instructive papers;^ that 
learned and eminent divine, the Rev. Samuel Miller, D. D., 
of Princeton, to whom we are indebted for many gifts, and 
for an inspiring address delivered before the Society at 
Princeton, September 4, 1845;- ^^^^ Hon. Garret Dorset 
Wall, of Burlington, United States Senator from 'New Jer- 
sey, 1835-1841, and who was a member of this Society 
from 1846 until his death, Nov. 22, 1850;^ his son, the 
Hon. James Walter Wall, United States Senator in 1863, 
was another deeply interested member of the Society for 
many years; and so was the Hon. Jacob Welsh Miller, of 
Morristown, United States Senator, 1840-1853, who gave 
us an able address, at the meeting in Trenton, January 19, 
1854, showing the great importance of Nevv Jersey as " The 
Iron State: its Natural Position, Power and Wealth."^ 

Such were some of the men most active in the formation 
and subsequent management of our Society. To us of a 
later generation, who recollect these men as they were in 
our day, the idea of a venerable antiquity attaches itself 
to most if not to all of them. Indeed, I think it is the 
popular idea that grey, or at least scanty, locks are indis- 
solubly associated with historical research — an idea, how- 
ever, that fortunately is rapidly disappearing in view of the 
fact that to-day there are no more enthusiastic students of 
history than the youthful, vivacious and altogether charming 
Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Colonial 
Dames, who haunt our Historical Societies, and make life 
more or less of a burden to Librarians and Corresponding 
Secretaries with their persistent and not-to-be-denied quests 

1 Notably one on " The Hollanders in New Jersey, with Notices of some of their 
Descendants." read at the meeting at Morristown. Sept. 1:3, 18.50. See Proceedings, 
v., 43, 67-89. 

2 Proceedings. I.. 65, 81-96. The address contains many valuable suggestions re- 
garding the work of such a Society, and how the members can contribute towai-d 
its success. 

3 For resolutions on his death, see Proceedings. V., 93-96, 
•* Proceedings. VII., 67-84. 




S>>ai. 



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for information about dead and gone ancestors and the pos- 
sibility of establishing their relationship to Anneke Jans, or 
to Matilda, consort of William the Conqueror. No, as a mat- 
ter of fact, most of the men I have named, so far from be- 
ing aged, with grey or white hair, and venerable aspect, 
were in their very prime ; most of them were under forty 
years, and many of them less than thirty, and their best 
work for the Society was done ere they had attained to as 
many years as the Society has to-day. I mention this for 
the encouragement of the young men and the young wo- 
men who have been deterred from joining this Society, 
and becoming active workers within its ranks, because of 
the impression that they must wait until they have donned 
grey hair and spectacles. The Society welcomes the 
young to its membership, and rejoices to have them enter 
upon the work which shall fit them to take up the tasks 
that their elders must in time lay down. 

Mr. President, fain would I linger longer in loving rem- 
iniscence of those who have gone before us. Surely, me- 
thinks, do their spirits hover over us as we thus proudly 
celebrate what they so ably began. Broad and deep did 
they lay the foundations of this Society, so that as one 
after another of the founders was taken away, the fair fabric 
stood safe and strong, rising ever to still loftier and fairer 
proportions, as new men were found to take the places of 
the old, until to-day the Society constitutes a splendid 
monument to its founders. 



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PART III. 

The Society's Library— its Location, its Growth, 
and its Manag:ement. 

Knowledcre is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where 
we can get information upon it.— Dr. Saiaurl Johnson. 

The function of an Historical Society is two-fold: the 
collection and the dissemination of knowledge. Obvious- 
ly, the gathering of materials for history comes first. This 
was the view rightly taken by our predecessors, and to this 
end their earliest efforts were directed. 

THE LIBRARY OF THE SOCIETY. 
At the meeting when this Society was organized, meas- 
ures were taken toward securing from the State, sets of the 
laws and Legislative journals, so far as practicable, and the 
proceedings and collections of other Historical Societies. 
The Legislature promptly passed a joint resolution in com- 
pliance with the request,^ and from other Societies came 
cordial and gratifying responses. Gifts were received of 
original manuscripts of the greatest value, relating to the 
early history of New Jersey, some of which I have already 
mentioned. On May 7, 1846, a standing committee was 
appointed, to procure, " by purchase or exchange, such 
rare books, pamphlets or other publications referring to 
the history of the State, as cannot be otherwise obtained," 
and this first " Committee on Purchases," as it was styled, 
consisted of Messrs. William B. Kinney, John J. Chetwood, 
the Rev. Daniel V. McLean, D. D., the Rt. Rev. George 



1 Pamphlet Laws, 1845. p. 280. By an act approved April 16, 1846, it is provided 
that the New Jersey Historical Society shall receive from the State one copy of 
the laws and Legislative proceedings, and a set of the laws of the United States 
apportioned to this State by Congress. By a supplement approved Feb. 15, 1888. it 
was enacted that the Society shall receive from the State fifty copies of the Leg - 
islative proceedings and documents, '-for distribution by said society and ex- 
change with other historical societies."— GMterai Statutes, 3190. 3191. 3196. 



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VVashincrton Doane and Isaac Mickle. Through the well- 
directed efforts of this Committee and its successors (later 
called the "Committee on Library") funds were sub- 
scribed from time to time by generous friends,' wherewith 
hundreds of valuable historical works were purchased, 
while at the same time such an interest was stimulated in 
the Society's work that donations of rare volumes, manu- 
scripts, portraits and other objects of interest were added 
to the collections. 

If I may be permitted to change the metaphor used a 
moment ago, the New Jersey Historical Society has been like 
the central sun in a planetary system. It has shed its reful- 
gent rays into the obscurest corners of the history of our 
State. Moreover, it has exercised both a centripetal and a 
centrifugal force. It has drawn to itself a vast accumulation 
of priceless treasures of historical material, stored away in 
its Library, and printed in its various publications. It has 
attracted pilgrims from all parts of our State, from other 
States and even from foreign lands, in quest of light on ab 
struse points in history, genealogy, biography, bibliogra- 
phy. No history of the State can be written, nor the his- 
tory of any county or town in our State, nor scarcely the 
account of any prominent man or of any striking event in 
New Jersey, without recourse to the rooms or to the print- 
ed works of this Society. It has exerted a centripetal 
force, likewise. Many who have come to our rooms, and 
have seen what has there been gathered together, have ob- 
served the work that has been accomplished by this Societ)', 
have gone back to their homes, inspired by a zeal to emulate 
this work, and have induced their neighbors to form local 
historical societies, which have done good service in their 
own towns or counties, and have been the means of saving 
from destruction many valuable manuscripts, books and 

1 Many subscribed certain suras to lie paid aiuiually, durin? a period of five 
years. 



relics, besides fostering the spirit of historical research 
among their members by that personal contact which is 
so important a factor in such a cause. 

I have suggested that the New Jersey Historical Society 
is a noble monument to the men who founded it. The vis- 
itor to St. Paul's cathedral in London beholds the inscrip- 
tion above one of the great transepts, which the architect 
modestly appropriated : St viomnnentum quceris, circinn- 
spice. True it was, two centuries ago, that if you sought 
Sir Christopher Wren's monument, you had but to look 
about you on the magnificent temple which he had de- 
signed and seen built. But to-day, that grand cathedral 
is the English Valhalla. Beneath its dome lies all that is 
mortal of her immortal naval hero; under its nave rests 
the conqueror of Napoleon ; elsewhere is the statue of 
Napier, besides the tombs and effigies of countless other 
of England's heroes. And so as the visiter looks around 
him, in obedience to the command of the Latin inscription, 
he sees not only the vast and harmonious marble pile 
reared by the architect, but he sees also visions of knight- 
ly endeavor, of dauntless courage, of grandest achievement 
by field and fiood, and he receives a new inspiration for 
life's battle in gazing upon the monuments of those great 
heroes whom England has thus grandly honored by sepul- 
ture within her noble cathedral; and this inspiration is hal- 
lowed by the sweet and sacred influence of Him for whose 
worship this temple was reared. And so within these holy 
walls there has grown up a greater monument than ever 
dreamed of by the architect, and one whose influence goes 
out through all the world. 

Would you seek the monument of — the evidence of work 
accomplished by — the New Jersey Historical Society? Go 
to its rooms and look about you. Look upon the walls, 
lined from floor to ceiling with books — fifteen thousand of 
them, besides thousands of pamphlets of greatest value. 



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Examine the hundreds of volumes of newspaper files — 
those mines of kno\vled<^e of contemporary events. Go 
through the cases of manuscripts — the Papers of Ferdi- 
nand John Paris, written like copperplate, and giving the 
minutest information on public affairs relating to New Jer- 
sey a century before this Society had its beginning; the 
Papers of John Fenwick, of Lewis Morris, of Robert 
Hunter Morris, of Jonathan Belcher, of Samuel Smith, 
of Robert Erskine, the Rutherfurd Manuscripts, the 
Whitehead Manuscripts, the Stirling Manuscripts, the orig- 
inal Journals of the Convention which framed the first Con- 
stitution of New Jersey — one of the earliest written Con- 
stitutions ever formed ; the original Journals of the Pro- 
vincial Congress in the troubled times of the Revolution ; 
the scores of Orderly Books during the same period ; the 
Diaries, Journals and Letters of the last century, with their 
precise details of life and living; the Papers and Draw- 
ings of Robert Fulton, the inventor of the first practical 
steamboat; the bundles of correspondence, with their reve- 
lations of the workings of the human heart a hundred 
years ago. P"ail not to examine with care Canova's mag- 
nificent marble bust of the Princess Pauline, sister of Na- 
poleon ; the rare and beautiful portraits — Capt. James 
Lawrence, the Jersey hero who cried with his last breath, 
"Don't give up the ship!" Gilbert Stuart's portrait of 
Aaron Burr, which has as strange a history as its subject ; 
the Rev. Dr. Edward Dorr Griffin ; the Rev. Dr. Alexan- 
der Macwhorter, Newark's patriot preacher during the 
Revolution; Governor Daniel Haines; Col. Peter Schuy- 
ler ; Senator Richard Stockton (the "Duke"); the Rev. 
Dr. Nicholas Murray; William A. Whitehead; the Rev. 
Dr. Irenaeus Prime, and that exquisite portrait on ivory of 
Mrs. Francis Barber Ogden. In various cabinets the curi- 
ous may find the naval uniform of Capt. James Lawrence, 
which he wore at the time of his death, and innumerable 



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relics of bygone days, to say nothing of the enormous 
beaver hat, too big to go into any cabinet. 

Surely, these constitute a proud monument for the New 
Jersey Historical Society. 

THE LOCATION OF THE LIBRARY. 

From the beginning of the Society there was a decided 
difference of opinion among its friends as to whether its 
home should be in Newark or in Trenton. In behalf of 
the latter place it was argued that as it was the Neiv Jer- 
sey Historical Society, its headquarters should be in the 
capital of the State, and, in fact, in the State Capitol. For 
Newark, it was held that a majority of the members resided 
in or near that city, and it was confidently promised that 
they would promptly provide accommodations fitting for 
the Society's needs and its dignity. At a meeting held at 
Princeton, on September 4, 1845, the Rev. Dr. Murray of- 
fered an amendment to the constitution, providing that 
"the Library and Deposites of the Society shall be located 
at Newark." This was laid over until the next meeting, 
which was held at New Brunswick, November 6, 1845, 
when the amendment was discussed, amended to read "that 
for t/ie present the Library and Deposits of the Society shall 
be located at Newark," and thus amended was adopted.^ 
The Society met again at Trenton, January 15, 1846, when 
a resolution was offered by Stacy G. Potts, for the appoint- 
ment of a committee to ask the Legislature for the use of 
a suitable room in the public buildings in the city of Tren- 
ton, for the accommodation of the library of the Society. 
The friends of Newark ineffectually sought to defeat the 
resolution, but eventually secured a compromise in the 
shape of a proviso at the end of the resolution, in the 
words, "should the Society eventually conclude to locate 
in Trenton." Messrs. Stacy G. Potts, Henry W. Green 

1 Proceedings, I. , 68, 90. 



and Thomas J. Stryker were named as the committee, and 
secured the passage of a joint resolution by the Legisla- 
ture, offering accommodations in the State House for the 
Society's library, " provided the said society shall deter- 
mine at their next annual meeting to locate their library at 
the seat of government, and elect to use and occupy the 
same," and the committee so reported. May 7, 1846.' Up 
to this time nothing had been done in Newark toward pro- 
viding a home for the Society, but at the meeting held at 
Salem, September 3, 1846, an offer was received from the 
]-5oard of Chosen Freeholders of Essex County, "tendering 
to the Society the use of a room, &c., in the Court House 
at Newark," which "on motion of Rev. D. V. McLean, was 
laid on the table to be acted on at the January meeting, 
when the location of the Library, &c., will be determined 
on" — as the minutes put it But when the annual meeting 
was held, on January 21, 1847, after what was evidently an 
ardent contest the subject was again postponed, 21 yeas to 
19 nays, until the ensuing meeting, to be held at Newark. "-' 
The victory was with the friends of the latter place. On 
May 27, 1847, the question of the final location of the li- 
brary was again deferred, being made the special order for 
an adjourned meeting, to be held at New Brunswick on 
June 25 ensuing.'' At this adjourned meeting (June 25, 
1847) 3^1 offer was received from the Newark Library As- 
sociation, tendering the free use of the library and lecture 
rooms in their new edifice, about to be erected, for the So- 
ciety's permanent occupancy, and on motion of the Rev. 
Dr. Murray, the offer was accepted. The Board of Chosen 
Freeholders of Essex County having again offered the So- 
ciety accommodations in the Court House at Newark, it 

I Ibid.. I., lir-118. 139. The Joint Kesohilion was approved March 18, 18-10. 
Pamphlet Lmcs. 18J6. p. -iS.i. 
- Profeodinsrs. I.. 17-1: II.. .')."j-.5(). 
3 Ibid.. II.. 73-73. 



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was decided to empower the officers and the Newark mem- 
bers of the Executive Committee to arrange for the tem- 
porary location of the library and cabinet in the rooms 
thus generously offered, and this was done. At the same 
meeting the constitution was amended to provide: "The 
Library and Cabinet of the Society shall be located in the 
city of Newark, in the county of Essex. "^ The friends of 
Trenton as the home of the Society were not yet willing to 
yield, and at the next meeting, held at Freehold, Septem- 
ber i6, 1847, Gen. Garret Dorset Wall gave notice of an 
amendment to the constitution substituting "Trenton" for 
"Newark," as the place of deposit for the library, which 
was laid over under the rules until the ensuing meeting, at 
Trenton, on January 20, 1848. At this latter meeting the 
Corresponding Secretary reported that he had caused the 
Society's books to be removed to a room in the Court 
House at Newark, "where for the first time they were ac- 
cessible." The library contained about 650 volumes (126 
bought, and 524 given), 300 pamphlets, 800 manuscripts 
and some maps. An animated discussion was had on 
Gen. Wall's proposed transfer of the library to Trenton, 
and it was defeated : Yeas — 33, Nays — 36."- At the next 
meeting, at Newark, May 25, 1848, it was announced that 
the hall in the Newark Library Association's new building 
on Market street (north side, between Broad and Washing- 
ton streets) was prepared for the meetings of the Society, 
and that the room proffered for the Society's library would 
be ready in a few weeks. Accordingly, the library and 
cabinet were removed thither during the summer of 1848, 
and the next Newark meeting of the Society was held in 
the new quarters, May 17, 1849,^ in what was known as 
the "Upper Library Hall'" — a spacious and pleasant assem- 

1 Ibid.,II.,9L'-93; III., 2. 

2 Ibid., II., 147; III., 2. 5-6. 

.3 Iliid.. III., 59, 123-124; IV., 1. 




Rev. RAVAUD K. RODCiERS. D. D. 



— /o — 

bly room in the rear of the public Hbrary, and over the 
main audience room, known as "Library Hall." A small 
room belween the Library and the "Upper Library Hall" 
was occupied by the librar}' and cabinet of the Society, 
and at a later date by the glass cases of the Newark Nat- 
ural History Society. This same room was the scene of 
many a forensic debate by members of other literary so- 
cieties, so that the collections of the Historical Society 
came to be widely known by the members of kindred asso- 
ciations, in whom, moreover, an interest in its work was 
naturally aroused. 

An unfortunate outcome of this decision in favor of 
Newark for the location of the library was the alienation of 
many of the Society's warmest and most prominent friends 
from the central and southern sections of the State, and 
although some of them — the Rev. Dr. Samuel M. Hamill 
and John F. Hageman, among others — inany years later 
admitted that the conclusion was wise under all the cir- 
cumstances, in the meantime the Society lacked the sym- 
pathy and support of some of the most influential gentle- 
men in the State, who had been cordially interested in our 
behalf at the outset.' This undoubtedly militated against 
the efforts of the Society to secure the cooperation of the 
Legislature in various projects for facilitating historical 
research.- 

The Newark friends of the Society were very confident 
that the rooms in the Newark Library Association's build- 
ing were to be occupied but a short time ere we should se- 
cure a stately and commodious building of our own. As 

1 At the meelin,' of the Sueiety. iit Newark, May t). 1S8!). Justice Bradley refer- 
red to this eontroversy. He ihoujrht the aecumulations and the history of the So- 
ciety durin-,' the past forty years had justified that deeision. See Prooeedinys. M 
Series. X., 176. At the same meetint; the Rev. Dr. Hamill. the President, said he 
had voted to locate the library at Trenton, but retrarded the decision made by the 
Society as final. John F. Hageman stated that he had not accepted that decision 
at the time, but was "a convert now to the idea that the library ou'j-ht to be loca- 
ted at Newark." /md.. VTII,. SM. X.. 177. 

-' See pp. 115 IT. ante. 
10 



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the years rolled on, however, and that desirable consum- 
mation was still far distant, the continued increase in our 
collections necessitated a removal to more spacious quar- 
ters. This was authorized, May 20, 1858, and again, May 
19, 1859, the result being that on May 17, i860, the Soci- 
ety met for the first time in its present rooms, on the 
third floor of the Newark National Banking Company's 
building, on the northwest corner of Broad and Bank 
streets,^ which was then one of the most substantial, 
as it was one of the first, fireproof structures in Newark. 
The rooms were leased for five years, at $400 per year. 
The lease has been renewed from time to time, the present 
rental being $600. There are three rooms, with shelving 
(including stacks) for fifteen oi' twenty thousand volumes. 
Prior to 1890, the May meetings of the Society were held 
in the room fronting on Broad street. In that year this 
room was filled with book-stacks, to accommodate the large 
additions to the library, and by the kindness of St. John's 
Lodge, No. I, of New Jersey Freemasons, occupying the 
fourth floor of the building, the Society has met in May of 
each year (1890-94) in the Lodge room.- 

I have been thus minute in giving the history of the lo- 
cation of the library in Newark, partly as pertaining to 
the annals of the Society, and partly because of the peren- 
nial interest which has always been attached to the subject. 
When other themes failed to attract a large attendance at 
our meetings, it has but needed the announcement that a 
removal of the library from Newark was mooted to secure 
a crowded audience. 

GROWTH AND MANAGEMENT OF THE LIBRARY. 
The rapid and steady increase in the library and collec- 

1 Proceedings, VIII. , 116; IX., 3, 22. 

2 Later meetings of the Society in Newark have been held in Dryden Hall, on 
the tenth floor of the Prudential Insurance building, on the southwest corner of 
Broad and Bank streets, that hall— accessible by spacious and convenient eleva- 
tors—having been generously placed at our dispt)sa,l by the Insurance Company. 



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tions of the Society, and along the most important h'nes, 
evinced wise management on the part of the founders, and 
a gratifying cooperation by the citizens of this State. 
From the beginning, no pains were spared to secure col- 
lections of manuscripts from families by whom they had 
been treasured in some cases for a century or two. Rare 
books and pamphlets were sought, and special efforts were 
made to obtain early New Jersey newspaper files. The 
Rev. Dr. Murray, for the Executive Committee, happily 
summed up the achievements of four years, at the meeting 
on January i8, 1849: "We have made a noble commence- 
ment as to a library ... we have collected around 
us the intelligence of New Jersey, and excited many 
minds to the investigation of the past, and to the preserva- 
tion of the present, for the benefit of the future. VVc are 
in the full tide of successful experiment."' When the Soci- 
ety was ten years old, the Executive Committee, on Janu- 
ary 18, 1855, stated: "Scarcely a week passes without a 
donation of some work to enrich our archives ; while our 
interchanges with kindred associations are continually flow- 
ing in upon us. Purchases of rare and appropriate books 
have been made, and various periodicals and records of 
events and their localities, and of private biography, have 
been placed where they will become more valuable as time 
advances, and may as profitably be resorted to by future 
chroniclers as are now the Harleian miscellanies, or the 
quaint memoirs of English pastimes and occurrences by 
Sir Samuel Pepys."'- A year later, again, the Committee 
took an encouraging view of the progress and prospects of 
the Society, and invited donations for a Library P\ind, or 
for a Binding Fund.'^ A happy thought of Mr. Walter 
Rutherfurd was embodied in a resolution. May 15, 1856, to 

1 Ibid. III.. 16ri. 

2 Ibid.. VII . 118. 

3 Ibid., VIII..-'. 



have the library " thrown open to members of the Society 
and their friends on the second Wednesday evening of each 
month, with a view to consultation and conversation upon 
topics connected with the operations of the Society " — 
taking up the counties in turn as special themes for the 
meetings. At least one such conversazione was held, when 
Hudson County was on the programme, and it seems to 
have been a pleasant and profitable occasion.' No ar- 
rangement had yet been made to have the rooms open reg- 
ularly in the daytime. If a member wished to consult any 
works in the library he borrowed the key from the custo- 
dian and reveled alone and undisturbed among the treas- 
ures, and if he so minded borrowed them for greater con- 
venience of examination, sometimes forgetting to return 
them — a circumstance that led to the adoption of a rule, 
September 25, 1856, that nothing should be taken from the 
rooms " without the consent of the Librarian and the Chair- 
man of the Executive Committee, and having the same re- 
ceipted for in the Library."'- At the meeting on May 17, 
i860, it was announced that "through the liberality of a 
warm friend of the Society, and . additional subscriptions 
from a few of the members, a fund had been provided 
... to meet the charge for the rent, and allow of a small 
appropriation annually toward the incidental expenses of 
the library."'^ The removal of the library in i860 to the 
new rooms^ calling for a change in the management, it was 
decided at this meeting to replace the Committee on Fire 



1 Ibid.. VIII.. 3.^. 44. 

2 Ibid., 36, 3.5 (43). 

3 Ibid., IX., 25. Miss Rutherfurd. of Eastrid^'C. Hudson county, contributed for 
several years one-half of the rent of the library, besides giving to the fund for the 
purchase of books.— /0(C?.. IX., 164. The Society has always had equally liberal 
friends. In recent years one of the present (1898) officers gave i^.500 annually for 
two or three years toward the salary of the librarian, besides even more generous 
contributions for the Society's work in other directions. It would be a great pleas- 
ure to me, as well as to the members generally, were I at liberty to mention the 
names of this and other of our benefactors. 

4 Still Occupied in 1898. 



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Proof Building, and the Committee on Purchases, by a new 
Standing Committee on Library, and Messrs. Walter Ruth- 
erford, Peter S. Duryee, John P. Jackson, Jr., and Ezra A. 
Carman were appointed.' The members of the Committee 
gave a great deal of personal attention and labor to the 
work of arranging and cataloguing the books, pamphlets, 
newspapers and manuscripts, besides contributing largely 
to the expenses of the library, but the work increased so 
rapidly that on January i8, 1866. they reported that they 
were unable longer to attend to it in person, and asked for 
authority — which was given — to employ from time to time 
a competent person to complete the cataloguing and ar- 
ranging of the pamphlets and manuscripts."- During the 
ensuing July, August, September and October the rooms 
were kept open daily, in charge of two competent assist- 
ants, who carried on the needed library work. In the fol- 
lowing winter — 1 866-1 867 — the rooms were opened for 
weekly evening receptions, a feature that proved pleasant 
and profitable.'^ Again in the summer of 1867 an assistant 
librarian was employed, and the rooms were kept open six 
hours each week to the members and to strangers properly 
introduced. A like arrangement was made in the follow- 
ing year, the rooms being open until October i, after 
which Col. Swords, the Treasurer, made a point of being 
present certain hours each day, so that the collections were 
accessible to the members and visitors. In reporting this 
fact, May 20, 1869, the Committee on Library again ad- 
verted to the importance of a permanent librarian in con- 
stant charge of the rooms. The expenses were still borne 
by private subscriptions from a few of the members. 
'• Located as the library was in Newark by the vote of the 
Newark members, they should feel bound," the Committee 

1 Ibid.. IX.. 29. 

2 Ibid.. IX.. .')8. T(>. i:!i;. I.'):i: X.. 70-71 : -.'d .SenVs, I.. -.M. 

3 Ibid., rM Series. I.. 4. 



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urged, " to prove the propriety of the measure by fully 
supporting it, now that it is here and attained to a magni- 
tude that renders it not only creditable to the Society, but 
also a feature of the city, of which as citizens they should 
be proud."' In 1870 one of the rooms was leased to the 
Newark Board of Trade, for joint occupancy with the Soci- 
ety, and as Col. Swords was Secretary of that body this 
ensured his regular attendance in the rooms, which were 
therefore regularly open while this arrangement continued, 
or until the summer of 1875."- An excellent suggestion 
was embodied in the Committee's report, January 16, 1873. 
" It is difficult," they say, " to imagine anything of a docu- 
mentary character not included within the scope of the So- 
ciety's operations, organized, as it is, ' to discover, procure 
and preserve ' whatever may serve to illustrate our history. 
The pamphlet, the circular, the handbill, the advertisement, 
issued for private ends or to promulgate the views and do- 
ings of parties or associations : the newspaper of the day 
with its countless references to persons, things and events, 
the transactions of the market or the exchange, all consti- 
tute links in that wondrous chain upon which the future 
hangs. Every merrber, therefore, is called upon to add to 
our collections things new as well as old."'^ The plan of 
depending upon special subscriptions for the library was 
discontinued in 1874, it having been found impracticable 
to renew them Since then the General Fund has been 
charged with all expenditures connected with the library.^ 
As means and opportunity offered, the work of cataloguing 
was carried on; in 1874 the large and valuable collection 
of maps (many of them original drawings) was arranged, 
numbered and indexed, and a new catalogue of the library 



1 Ibid., 2cl Sei-ies. I.. 24. ,51. 63, 143. 

2 Ibid.. II,, 102 : III., 99 : IV., 52, 128, 

3 Ibid,, III,, f>2-o3. See also IV,, 125, 

■1 Ibid,, III.. 162: see also VI,. 4, 6, 67. 70. 88-90. 113, 118, 123, 



— 79 — 

was begun, which was completed during the winter of 
1874-5, as to the bound volumes on the shelves, and con- 
siderably advanced with regard to the pamphlets.' The 
great importance of some of our historical documents led 
to their exhibition at the Centennial Exposition at Phila- 
delphia in 1876, where they attracted deserved attention.- 
The hope was expressed by the Committee on Library, 
January 18, 1877, that the catalogue, then nearly finished, 
would be printed — a desire still unsatisfied •' The unwise 
plan had been adopted in the early years of the Society of 
binding pamphlets in volumes, mostly under the conven- 
ient but meaningless title of " Miscellaneous," and it was 
principally for this purpose that the Committee renewed 
the suggestion, May 17, 1877, that a Binding Fund would 
be desirable.^ Such a Fund is certainly needed for the 
binding of newspapers, books and valuable pamphlets. 
Some years ago Judge Ricord adopted the plan of arrang- 
ing the pamphlets in neat cloth covered cases, with appro- 
priately lettered paper labels on the back, which is a much 
more satisfactory method than that of binding them in vol- 
umes. Daniel T. Clark, who had been employed as assist- 
ant librarian for some time, having completed the catalogue 
of books and pamphlets, now compiled an index to the 
manuscripts,^ giving every name mentioned in them, the 
index being arranged in the form of large scrap-books. 
This index may be of value to the genealogist when the 
day comes that the manuscripts are readily accessible. Its 
use otherwise is not apparent, but it represents a vast 
amount of painstaking labor on the part of Mr. Clark, who 
followed closely in the footsteps of Samuel H. Congar in 
his zealous investigations concerning the history of old 

1 Ibid.. IV.. 4.8. 51. 

2 Ibid.. IV.. l.iti. iCA: v.. 3. 

3 Ibid., IV.. H);i. 

4 Ibid. v.. (■). 

5 Ibid., v.. 48. li:>. Hif). 



— So — 

Newark families. His services were dispensed with in 
1879, the duties being gratuitously discharged by Col. 
Swords, the Treasurer.^ At the meeting at Newark, May 
20, 1880, the Committee reported "with very great satis- 
faction the prospering condition of the library and collec- 
tions. Never in the history of the Society have its attrac- 
tions, in this regard, met with greater appreciation, or its 
rooms been so much resorted to as at present. These 
rooms being so constantly open and accessible to the tnem- 
bers, and others who seek for information in our wealth of 
historic lore, are daily resorted to, in a greater degree per- 
haps than ever before. . . . In the department of 
biographical and genealogical research, the acquisitions of 
the Society have been unusually successful, and it is in this 
department that most of those who visit the rooms of the 
Library find their interest and occupation. ""- The great in- 
crease in the growth of the library at length made it im- 
peratively necessary to have the rooms in charge of a per- 
manent Librarian, and, as already stated, Judge Frederick 
W. Ricord was elected to that ofifice at the annual meeting 
at Trenton, January 20, 1881.'^ This step was made prac- 
ticable by the liberal responses made to a new appeal for 
special contributions toward the support of the library, and 
the result was immediatel)' apparent in a marked improve- 
ment wrought by the new Librarian, in " the arrangement 
and appearance of the books in the different apartments."^ 
The rooms were now opened daily, from 10 a. m. to 

1 Ibid.. VI., 70. 

^Ibid., VI., 87. 

3 Ibid.. VI., V22. 

i Ibid., VI., 135. At the next annual meeting, at Trent<5n, January -1. 18K2, the 
Committee on Library reported having received from twenty seven members sub- 
scriptions amounting to $855 towards the Library Fund.— /^/^Z. , /'//., 4. On May 18. 
1882. the Committee reported that in response to a circular sent out in February, 
inviting subscriptions to the same fund, six contributions had been received, 
amounting to $235. It was desired to raise $l,.50t) annually for this purpose.— /^/V/., 
AY/., 64. The circular is printed in full, in co.moction with the report. See also 
VIII . 8. 




Gen. WILLIAM S. STRYKER. 



— 81 



5 p. m., and visitors invariably found in Judge Ricord a 
courteous and accomplished gentleman, studiously atten- 
tive to respond to their wishes for instruction or to gratify 
their curiosity by displaying the varied treasures on the 
shelves or walls or in the cabinets. Under his fostering 
care the library grew apace. He made an entirely new 
card catalogue of the pamphlets, and began one on the 
same plan for the bound volumes. Said the Committee on 
Library, in their report at Trenton, January 25, 1887: 

It is a gratifyiug fact that the value of onr collections of books, pamph- 
lets and manuscripts is daily becoming more widely known. Visitors to our 
rooms for the purpose of making historical researches are more numerous, 
and information relative to titles, genealogies au<l boundary lines, which our 
Archives alone can fuiuish, is now constantly sought from all parts of the 
State. This information is always promptly and cheerfully furnished with- 
out any expense, to everyone who seeks it. Our rules forbid access to our 
collections to no one, and it is the belief of your Committee that the exercise 
of this kind of liberality not only meets with the approval of each member 
of the Society, but is most productive of good to our people and best calcu- 
lated to enhance the value of our institution in the estimation of every citi- 
zen of the State. 1 

The increase in the library occasioned an embarrasse- 
ment du riches, as the Committee was obliged to report at 
the next meeting (May 19, 1887, at Newark) : "The suc- 
cess which has attended the work of our Society finds us, 
at last, in a position when much of our treasure is com- 
paratively useless, and most of that portion of it which 
should meet our eyes upon occasions like this, must be 
packed away in closets or otherwise almost entirely out of 
view. _. . . The flattering prospect of soon possessing 
a building of our own has induced your Committee to 
postpone the erection of the shelving so much needed 
for the accommodation of at least one thousand vol- 
umes, which are at present almost inaccessible."- The 
postponement of the new building, however, led the 
Com mittee to fill the floor of the assembly room, facing 

1 Ibid., IX., no. 

'•i Ibid.. IX., 131-:i. 
11 



— 82 — 

Broad street, with book-shelves before the end of the 
year, to accommodate the ever-increasing stock of books 
and pamphlets.' Judge Ricord also introduced a new 
feature, in gathering from the members of the Society 
autobiographical material and photographs, which now 
form an interesting department in our collections.- 

SOME STATISTICS. 
The growth of the library is shown by the following sta- 
tistics reported to the Society from time to time: 

Total Total. 

Pamphlets. Manuscripts. 

3UU 800 

50 vols. 950 

509 
2265 
3420 
5499 

1674 additioDS, 1880-84 
11660 " 1885-90 

5603 " 1891-95 

A PERMANENT HOME FOR THE SOCIETY. 
Although the Society was pleasantly and commodiously 
situated in the rooms first provided in 1848, in the Newark 
Library Association's building, it was felt to be of the 
greatest importance for its future and permanent welfare 
that it should, at the earliest practicable date, secure a 
fire-proof home of its own. Moreover, the Newark friends 
of the Societ)' considered themselves morally bound to do 
what in them lay to that end, in view of the assurances 
which had been given when a majority of the members 
had voted in favor of locating the library in Newark.-^ The 
subject was first formally broached at the meeting on May 

3 Ibid., X.. 11. 

4 Ibid.. X., 14; XIII.. 73. The accumulations of books so overwhelmed our lim- 
ited quarters that in the winter of 1897-98 several waffon-loads were carried away 
and stored until such time as a new building should be provided for the libi-arj'. 

I See Proceedinf-'s. -Id. Series. I.. 143. 





Total 




Bound Volumes. 


1848 


650 


1849 


1000 


1850 


1163 


1855 


2000 


1860 


2514 


1865 


3354 


1881 


5,700 


1885 


7,491 


1890 


13,486 


1895 


15,615 



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20, 1852— four years after the question of location had 
been finally settled— when Mr. Lucius D. Baldwin sug- 
gested that " it was manifest from the constantly increas- 
ing value of the library, manuscripts and other property, a 
fire proof building should be secured at as early a day as 
practicable." Mr. James Gore King ofifered a resolution : 
" That a special committee be appointed to enquire into the 
expediency and the cost of erecting a suitable fire-proof 
edifice for the reception of the library and other property 
of the Society, and that they be authorized to confer with 
the municipal authorities on the subject." He spoke ear- 
nestly in favor of the project, and said " he stood ready to 
perform whatever might be his duty in the premises." Presi- 
dent Charles King, of Columbia College, remarked that 
" the Historical Society of New Jersey had found a home 
—an agreeable home, in Newark, and such a building as 
that proposed would render its sojourn here still pleasa'nter 
and more productive of beneficial results. It could not be 
doubted that a city so lenowned for its intelligence and en- 
terprise would promptly cooperate with the members of 
the Society in rearing an edifice that would redound to its 
honor." Chief Justice Green. Richard S. Field and the 
President, ex-Chief Justice Hornblower, supported the 
resolution, which was adopted, and Messrs. Lucius D 
Baldwin, Peter S. Duryee and John P. Jackson were ap- 
pomted the committee.' At the next meeting, September 
8, 1852, they reported that a suitable lot and edifice could 
be secured for about $8,000. The President and John R 
Weeks were added to the Committee, which were authorized 
to procure subscriptions, and, when a sufficient sum should 
be subscribed, to purchase a site and report a plan of the 
proposed building, at the next meeting.- Nothing having 
been accomplished in the ensuing four months, the Soci- 

1 Proceedins,'s VI.. 68. 70 71 (-.'0. 2i-2S). 
- Ibid.. 9i>, |0<J. 



^84 — 

ety, on January 20, 1853, requested the Committee "to 
proceed immediately to raise the necessary funds, by sub- 
scription."^ Mr. L. D. Baldwin reported at the next meet- 
ing, May 19, 1853, that the Committee " was originally ap- 
pointed merely to report on the propriety and feasibility of 
the plan, a duty which they had performed," and he 
thought it better that the collection of funds should be as- 
signed to a new committee — which was done, Messrs. 
James G. King, Mahlon Dickerson, Peter S. Duryee, VVm. 
Nelson Wood, Richard S. Field, Stacy G. Potts and the 
Rev. A. B. Paterson being appointed.^ The Committee 
immediately addressed circulars to the members and others 
interested; the chairman subscribed $500, and agreed to 
double it if necessary, and three other subscriptions were 
received, amounting to $350, when the Committee report- 
ed to the Society, January 19, 1854. A severe loss had 
been sustained, in the interval, by the deaths of James 
Gore King and Mahlon Dickerson ; William P. Robeson 
and Dudley S. Gregory were appointed to succeed them. 
It was voted, at the same time, that measures be taken to 
collect the unpaid dues of members, and that the amount 
collected be added to the subscriptions for the purchase of 
a site for a fire proof building.'^ At the next meeting, held 
at Newark. May 18, 1854, Mr. Peter S. Duryee reported 
that the Committee, after consultation with the officers of 
the Society, and others, had purchased a lot, 30x113 feet, 
on the north side of Park Church Place (now West Park 
street), one hundred feet west of Broad street, for $2,5CO, 
and that the subscriptions to the fund were already suffi- 
cient to pay for it.^ The original subscription list contains 
the following names and amounts: 

1 Ibid., 163. 

2 Ibid.. VII. , 4. 

3 Ibid., 52-53. 

4 The lot is part of a large tract purchased by the Trustees of the Park Presby- 
terian Congregation in Newark, in 1849. This lot was conveyed by said Trustees, 



Caleb 0. Halsted, New York f 100 

James G. Kiug, Hiulsou comity 500 

David A. Hajes, Newark 250 

Helen Stiij'vesaut, New York. . 50 

Lewis M. llutherfnrd, New York 25 

Jacob D. Vermilyae, Newark 50 

Richard T. Haines, Elizabethtown 50 

Marcus L. Ward, Newaik '<0 

John Kennedy, Belleville 25 

John E. Weeks, Newark 250 

Frederick T. Freliugbnysen, Newark 50 

James B. Pinueo, Newark. 50 

Joseph N. Tattle, Newark. 50 

Matthias W. Day, Newark 50 

Solomon Alofsen, Jersey City 250 

Henry G. Darcj', Newark 50 

Nehemiah Perry, Newark 50 

John Eutherfurd, Hudson county 50 

Caleb H. Shipman, Newark lUO 

Peter S. Duryee, Newark 250 

William Rankin, Newark 100 

Thos. H. Stephens, Newark. 50 

The Committee reported January i8, 1855, that the sub- 
scriptions amounted to $2,535. The purchase price, with 
interest, was $2,565.49, but the owner accepted $2,535 ^^ 
full satisfaction. Arrearages of dues subsequently collect- 
ed, $166, had been added to the fund, but as this sum was 
never increased, it was transferred to the Library Fund, by 
vote of the Society, May 17, 1860.^ No further progress 
having made with the Building Fund, on motion of Mr. Pe- 
ter S. Duryee the Society resolved. May 15, 1856, 

That "a Special Committee be appointed by the Chair, and authorized 
to make such disposition of the lot of ground belonging to the Society on 
Park Church Place, by sale, exchange or otherwise, as they may think most 

by deed dated Sept. 30. 18.^1, to Matthew Ely. for sflSOO : and by Ely to William 
Rankin, by deed dated May 21, 18.53. for $3000; and by William Rankin and wife to 
New Jersey Historical Society, by deed dated January 16. 1855, for#3500. Sec Essex 
County Deeds, X 7, p. 24 ; Z 7. p. 361 ; 207, p. .5.5. These conveyances are in fee, with- 
out limitations, restrictions or conditions of any kind. 

1 Proceedings. VII.. 87-88. 121; IX.. 23; 2d Series. III.. 5-6. 



— 86 — 

aclvantfigeous for the Society, and likely to facilitate aud promote the erection 
of a suitable bailiiing for its occupation; it being understood that no sale is 
to be made of the property unless the amount realized is at once invested iu 
another site equally desirable for the purposes of the Society." 

The opinion was expressed that the lot was worth $3,000 
at this time, and that an exchange might be advantageous- 
ly made for a lot elsewhere (presumably less valuable). 
Messrs. Duryee, Henry G. Darcy, Lucius D. Baldwin, 
David A. Hayes and William A. Whitehead were appoint- 
ed the Committee.^ Nothing having been done in the 
meantime, at the next meeting, held at Trenton, Mr. C. C. 
Haven suggested the transfer of the library to Trenton,'- 
but no heed was taken of this. At the following meeting, 
at Newark, May 21, 1857, the Special Committee was au- 
thorized to negotiate with the Park Presbyterian Church 
for the joint construction of a building suitable for the pur- 
poses of the Society, and for a lecture room for the 
Church.'^ When the Society met at Trenton, January 20, 
1859, nothing had yet been accomplished toward securing 
a fire-proof building, and in the absence of practical assist- 
ance at home it was voted to memorialize Congress — at the 
suggestion of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin — 
to appropriate public lands " to the several States, for the 
benefit of their respective Historical and Antiquarian Soci- 
eties."^ At the ensuing meeting, May 19, 1859, another 
plan was mooted — to raise sufficient funds by subscription 
and by mortgage, to erect a building upon the lot owned 
by the Society.''' This came to nought, and a year later 
the Committee on Library was authorized to lease the lot, 
for not more than five years.*' The Committee reported, 
January 17, 1861, that no lessee had been found, and ex- 

1 Ibid.. First Series, VIII. , 3.5. 

2 Ibid., VIII., 54. 
» Ibid., VIII.. 62. 

4 Ibid , VIII.. 137, 141. 

5 Ibid.. VIII.. 150. 
I! Ibid.. IX.. 29. 



I 



-87- 

pressed the hope that it would be still found practicable to 
erect a fire-proof building upon the site.' It was resolved, 
at the meeting of the Society in Newark, May 21, 1863, to 
make another appeal to the members and to the citizens of 
the State at large for means to erect a suitable building 
on the West Park street lot, and the project was also re*^ 
vived of asking Congress to grant public lands in aid of 
Historical Societies.' The E.xecutive Committee, however, 
reported at the next meeting, January 21, 1864, that "al- 
though approving cordially of both measures, they had not 
deemed it advisable for several reasons to engage, as yet, 
in the work" proposed, but intended doing so at an early 
day.-^ This excellent intention having slept for three years, 
the Committee recommended, January 17, 1867, that the 
subject be devolved upon the Committee on Library, who 
should be "authorized and empowered to make such dis- 
position of the lot belonging to the Society, in the City of 
Newark, either by leasing the same for a term of years or 
by absolute sale thereof, as they may deem most for the 
interest of the Society; it being understood that the rent 
realized, should it be leased, shall be considered part of 
the Library Fund, and that the proceeds arising from its 
sale, shall be invested in Uniied States or other satisfac- 
tory securities and the interest thereon be appropriated to 
the same Fund, to be expended for the preservation, im- 
provement and extension of the library."^ At the next 
meeting of the Society the Committee on Library reported 
that they did " not think it advisable to sell the property 
before another effort is made to erect thereon a fire-proof 
building for the occupancy of the Society; and as a will- 
ingness has been manifested by some gentlemen to contrib- 

i Ibid., 60. 
2 Ibid., 1.53. 
•■5 Ibid.. 163. 
■i Ibid., X., 3. 



— 88 — 

ute liberally to a fund for the purpose, the Committee hope 
that the project may receive the attention it merits from all 
interested in the Society's success." No opportunity had 
offered for leasing the site.' At the same meeting a sub- 
scription was commenced for a building fund,~ but nothing 
caine of it, and a year and a half later, or on January 21, 
1869, on the recommendation of the Executive Committee, 
a resolution was adopted looking toward the erection of a 
building on the site in conjunction with the Newark 
Librar}' Association, or any other of the literary institu- 
tions of Newark ^ Like its predecessors, this project also 
came to nought, and as other Committees had not suc- 
ceeded, it was referred to the Finance Committee, January 
19, 1871, to consider the propriety of leasing or otherwise 
occupying the building site,^ Mr. Whitehead never lost 
sight of the project so dear to his heart, and on May 16, 
1872, he reminded the Society that it had owned a site for 
seventeen years, which had increased four-fold in value, 
and it was time a building was erected upon it. He 
thought it would be well to obtain information as to the 
probable cost of such a structure, in case any of the mem- 
bers should be disposed to combine and subscribe the 
requisite amount. On his motion, therefore, the Society 
with cheerful unanimity voted "that the Committee on the 
Library be authorized and requested to obtain plans and 
estimates for a suitable building for the occupancy of the 
Society, to be erected on the lot in West Park street, and 
report at the next meeting."-^ It was not until a year later 
that the Committee reported having " obtained a rough 
p'an for the improvement of the lot in West Park street, 
designed to exhibit its capacity and how it may best be 

1 Ibid., 25. 

2 Ibid.. 28. 

3 Ibid., 93, 95. 

•4 Ibid., 1-J2; II., lOU, 104 
.' Ibid.. III., 5. 



-89 — 

utilized for our purposes."' In the meantime, however, an 
offer was received for leasini^ the lot, and on January 3, 
1874, the Committee on I'inance reported having leased 
the site for five years from April i, 1S74, at $400 per an- 
num, a neat brick buildini^ to be erected by the lessee.- 

The subject of securing a suitable home of its own for 
the Society, was apparently regarded as having been 
finally disposed of by this action in leasing the lot which 
had been bought for the purpose nineteen years before, 
and it was nine years later ere the theme was again 
broached. At the annual meeting at Trenton, on January 
18, 1883, Mr. Samuel H. Hunt, of Newton, made some 
impromptu remarks upon " the advantages likely to be 
gained by the erection of a building for the Society," in 
which he was supported by the Rev. Dr. Mott and the 
Corresponding Secretary, William A. Whitehead, after 
which the subject was referred to the Executive Commit- 
tee for consideration '^ A year later, " a communication 
from Mr. Leonard Gray, of Newark, offering $12,000 for 
the Society's lot on W'est Park street, in that city, was, 
after some debate, referred to the Executive Committee, 
with power."' The Committee reported. May 14, 18S4, that 
the offer had been declined, and the lease renewed, on 
favorable terms " Certain plans were in contemplation, 
looking to the erection of a permanent home for the Soci- 
ety's valuable collections, but they had not as yet taken 
definite shape."'' When the Society met again at Trenton, 
on January 15, 1885, and nothing was heard about the pro- 
posed new building, Mr. Hunt, who was familiar with the 
work of historical societies, and who had traversed the 

1 Ibid., yy. 

iilbid.. III.. 141. 

•'i Proceedinsfs. 2d Series, \'I1.. 134. 
* Ibid.. VIII.. 9. 
5 Ibid.. 49. 
■ 12 



— 90 — 

State repeatedly, revived the subject he had presented two 
years before, and oftered a preamble and resolution, set- 
ting forth the necessity of a building for the safe keeping 
of the Society's manuscripts and valuable books, suggest- 
ing that either Newark, New Brunswick, Princeton or 
Trenton would be suitable for the location of the library, 
and asking " offers from those cities, with reference to the 
erection ol a suitable building, detached and fire-proof, 
and the establishment of the Society in the city chosen."' 
There was some discussion, in the course of which regret 
was expressed that the long-promised building had not 
been erected in Newark, and the suggestion was made that 
possibly this action might stimulate the Newark friends to 
positive action. The resolution was then adopted. The 
printed Proceedings do not disclose any action in the direc- 
tion indicated, but when the Society met at Trenton two 
years later (January 25, 1887), Mr. James Neilson, of New 
Brunswick, suggested that perhaps rooms could be se- 
cured in the new State House, then in process of construc- 
tion, at Trenton.^' At the same meeting the Executive 
Committee was empowered to sell or improve (with a view 
to leasing) the real estate on West Park street.^ At the 
ensuing meeting, at Newark, May 19, 1887, the Committee 
reported having carefully considered the subject, and that 
the sale of the lot would be a damage to the well being 
of the Society. 

The prospect of erecting upon it a suital)le building was carefully con- 
sidered. . . . The Committee i)elieve that it is expedient to erect a fire- 
jiroof building on the lot ownetl Ijy the Society. They lielieve that it is 
practicable to liuild a structure, commodious, easy and inviting of access, 
and worthily expressive of the classic name of the New Jersey Historical 
Society. The plan proposed for the building will also furnish apartments, 
the rent of which will yield a revenue to the Society sufficient to meet its 
expenses, and an annual surplus to be expended for books much needed 

1 Ibid.. VIII.. KM). 
li Ibid.. IX.. 111. 
3 Ibid.. 12:1 



— 91 — 

for the library, which cannot ])e had except by purchase. They are en- 
couraged also to believe that the funds now in its treasury, supplemented 
by amounts, some of which are already pledged, will be found to be suffi- 
cient for the purpose. In now reporting progress they commend this im- 
portant matter, so vital to the welfare of the Society, to the aid and sym- 
[lalhy of its menil)ers, in the hope and expectation that at the annual meet- 
ing in January next tliey may report a liuiKiing in progress of construction 
and approaching com))lelion. 1 

A plan was submitted at this meeting, which was exam- 
ined with interest and positive enthtisiasm, as giving defi- 
nite promise of the reah'zation of the hope, which had been 
entertained ever since the library had been fixed in New- 
ark, forty years before. This design contemplated the 
erection of a fire-proof btiilding, with cellar, basement (for 
storing public documents and other books little used) ; first 
floor (for library, cabinets and pictures), and second floor 
(for assembly room, or to be leased for lodge rooms, etc.). 
A new plan was prepared in January, 1888, and exhibited 
at the meeting that month in Trenton, when the Executive 
Committee reported that " the hope is cherished by the 
Committee that the measures now in progress will result 
in the construction of a building of approved construction 
which will meet the wants of the Society, and at the same 
time aff'crd a revenue sufficient to meet its financial needs." 
The Committee on Library, however, was less sanguine, 
and in its report the same day remarked : " Your Commit- 
tee greeted with delight the resolutions of the Society, at 
its last annual meeting, to erect for its use a fire-proof 
building, and believed that the action then taken would 
ere this have produced some results. Thus far no very de- 
cisive action has been taken, beyond that of soliciting sub- 

1 Ibid., IX.. 13:5. At a meeting' of the Committee. March 30. I8H7, Messrs. 
Geortje A. Halsey, Predericl{ W. Ricord. Nathaniel Niles. Josiah Collins Pum- 
pelly and James Neilson were appointed a sub-committee to raise funds, and 
Messrs. Ricord. Georfre A. Halsey and Dr. Stei^hen Wickes a sub-committee on 
plans for the new buildinfr. Franklin Murphy was added to the latter committee, 
January 13. 1888. The Executive Committee voted. February 13. 1888. " that the 
Librarian be authorized to raise the money."— .1/6'. Minutes Executive, Conwultee, 



■—92 — 

scriptions for the erection of the building." To hasten ac- 
tion, if possible, the Committee adopted another resolu- 
tion urging that " efficient action should no longer be de- 
layed in this important matter."' Nothing having been 
accomplished during the following year, when the Society 
next met at Trenton, January 22, 1889, Mr. Nathaniel 
Niles offered a resolution requesting the Executive Com- 
mittee " to consider the expediency of securing a room in 
the new State House Extension for the accommodation of 
the New Jersey Historical Society, and its collections," 
which was adopted, after an animated discussion."- Mr. 
Niles offered this resolution not of his own motion, but as 
an act of courtesy to a member who wished the subject 
considered. The Committee felt that the suggestion pos- 
sibly presaged definite action toward the end intimated, 
and promptly met (a week later) to give the movement 
its quietus. At this meeting of the Committee it was re- 
solved to be inexpedient and unwise to remove the library 
to the State House at Trenton, because: ist, the constitu- 
tion said the library should be located in Newark; 2d, it 
was not certain but that in a few years the Society might 
be crowded out of the State House; 3d, a removal from 
Newark, " whose citizens have watched over the institution 
with fostering care, would be, in our opinion, disastrous to 
the future growth and development, if not to the very ex- 
istence of the Society;" 4th, "the removal would be a 
breach of faith with those numerous benefactors, including 
the honored founders of the Society, who have made 
special subscriptions and gifts of money and a lot of land, 
with a view of erecting a suitable Library building in New- 
ark for the institution, and upon that condition, . . . and 
which we cannot legally or honorably hold, but must for- 
feit, if the Library and its rich treasures should be re- 

1 Ibid , X., 3. l::. 16. 

a Ibid.. 44, 97, 121. Hi. 131. 



— 93 — 

moved to Trenton or any other place. "^ The Committee, 
in reporting these resohitions to the Society, May i6, 
1889, also stated: "Plans are already made for the erec- 
tion of a suitable building on our own ground. . . . The 
Committee feels assured that it is practicable to erect a 
permanent building for our use on the lot held for so many 
years'- on West Park street. . . The Committee is en- 
couraged to believe that the funds in the hands of the So- 
ciety, together with subscriptions conditionally pledged, 
are nearly sufficient for this. This Committee presented 
these considerations two years since, May 19, 1887. A 
deep sense of our needs impelled them to do so. It is a 
measure vital to the welfare and the perpetuity of the in- 
stitution."^ To expedite the long-desired consummation, 
another resolution was thereupon adopted, " That the Ex- 
ecutive Committee of the Society be empowered and urged 
to proceed without further delay, in the work of securing 
the necessary funds and in the erection of such an edi- 
fice.""' Nothing further was done by the Committee, but 
it reported, January 28, 1890: "If we had a fireproof 
building of our own we have the assurance that very many 
important collections of papers would be placed in our 

1 So far as the records of the Society show, the subscriptions for the purchase 
of the West Park street lot were not conditional in any way. Nor is there any 
condition in the deed. The statement above was founded on a misapprehension in 
this retrard. which has been (juite treneral. The extracts which have been cited 
from the Proceedings show, moreover, that in the lifetime and upon the motion of 
many of the contributors toward the purchase, the yuestiOn was repeatedly mooted 
of selling the lot and applying the proceeds to the purposes of the .Society. 

^ -Since January. 18.55. 

3 Proceedintrs. 2d Series. X.. 1?::-}. .\i a mceiiny of the Executive Committee. 
Feb. 23. 1889. the sub-committee appointed March 30, 1887. reported ■• plans for a 
structure which would be adequate to meet the needs of the Society and at a cost 
which the funds on hand and the subscriptions pledged will warrant. It was 
agreed to take measures for the construction of a library building on or about 
April 1. 1889. or as soon thereafter as practicable." Messrs. Robert F. Ballantine. 
F. W. Ricord. Franklin Murphy, Dr. Stephen Wickes and George A. Halsey were 
appointed a committee to "revise the plans, contract for the building, and to take 
all necessary measures in forwarding the construction of the building during the 
coming summer."— Jfii. Minuies Kj'ccuttve CominiUee. 

■» Ibid.. 177. 



— 94 — 

custody. With such a building the scope of the Society 
could be greatly extended ; its opportunities for doing 
more work be greatly increased. Nearly seven thousand 
dollars has been pledged toward the erection of such a 
building in Newark; and we have strong hopes that the 
whole of the required sum will be secured during the com- 
ing year."^ This report elicited an animated discussion, 
and several propositions looking toward the desired end. 
Mr. Jonathan W. Roberts, of Morris Plains, the President 
of the Washington Association, owning the Washington 
Headquarters, at Morristown, remarked that the charter of 
that Association provided that a site might be given to the 
New Jersey Historical Society, on the grounds at Morris- 
town. He suggested that the Society should sell its lot in 
Newark and invest the proceeds, with such other funds as 
might be available, in the erection of a fire proof building 
adjoining the Headquarters. If this were agreed to by 
the Society, he and Mr. Edmund D. Halsey (an influential 
officer of the Washington Association, and one of the 
most zealous and efficient members this Society ever had) 
would guarantee the additional sum needed for the pur- 
pose — fire proof rooms for the exclusive use of the Histor- 
ical Society's collections, and rooms for the joint use of 
the Society and the Association for business and social 
purposes. The proposition provoked so much objection 
on the part of the Newark friends of the Society that Mr. 
Roberts, observing "that it evidently was not acceptable," 

1 Ibid., XI., 7. This movement was mainly the result of the efforts of Judge 
Ricord, the Treasurer and Librarian, who labored' zealously and for a time with 
a sanguine spirit. At a meeting of the Executive Committee, January 14, 1893, 
Mr. Ballantine reported that the sub-committee had not met, but had subscrip- 
tions amounting to J513.000, from nine persons, all contingent, besides $2,000 be- 
queathed by William A. Whitehead, payable when needed to make the final pay- 
ment on- the building. On May 2. 1894. Mr. Jonathan W. Roberts was added to the 
sub-committee on building, in place of George A. Halsey, deceased. — J/S. Minuies 
Executive Committee. Most of the $13,000 subscribed was pledged by Messrs. Rob- 
ert F. Ballantine. Franklin Murphy. William C. Wallace and George A. Halsey. 
All the subscriptions were contingent on $25,000 being raised. 



— 95 — 

promptly withdrew it.' In connection with the Executive 
Committee's report on the subject of building on the West 
Park street lot, in Newark, it having been suggested that 
it would be desirable to have a vacant space on the west 
side, the Committee was empowered. May 15, 1S90, to 
purchase the additional land. It was intimated at the same 
meeting that possibly the triangular plot immediately north 
of Trinity Church, on Broad street, Newark, might be giv- 
en by the city for the erection of an Historical Society 

1 The following proceedings of the Executive Committee, never before report- 
ed to the Society, or published, are of interest in this connection: 

"At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the N. J. Historical Society held 
in the Society's Library Room on Wednesday, 16th July, 187;^. at 1 o'clock P. M.. 
such meeting being duly called under authority of the Chairman. Present— Dr. 
S. H. Pennington in the chair, Messrs. Theodore F. Randolph, Hugh Bovvne, Dr. 
R. K. Rodgers. Peter .S. Duryee. N. N. Halsted. R. S Swords. L. Spencer Goble. of 
Finance Committee. Mr. George A. Halsey, Mr Lidgerwood. On motion of Mr. 
N. N. Halsted. Mr. Swords was appointed Secretary pro tempore. 

■Mr. Randolph stated the object of the meeting, being to communicate the fact 
that himself with Messrs. George A. Halsey, N. N. Halsted and W. V. Lidgerwood 
had purchased at public sale the house at Morristown known as the Head Quar- 
ters of General Washington in 1777— for the sum of Twenty-live Thousand Dol- 
lars, which they were desirous of preventing falling into hands that may change 
its character and pervert it to base uses such as a Lager Beer Saloon, and to have 
the building preserved as an Historical Memento, and become the property of the 
N. J. Historical Society, and add much to its material interests. He was followed 
by Messrs. Lidgerwood and Halsted who gave their reasons for their movement in 
the matter. 

"Mr. Randolph proposed that the Society should make a State matter of it. and 
issue 500 shares of one hundred dollars each and endeavor to dispose of the same, 
and purchase the property at Twenty-tive Thousand Dollars, holding the balance 
as a fund to keep the property in repair and good condition. 

"After some discussion, Mr. L. Spencer Goble, of the Finance Committee, 
moved the following: 

"WHEKE.4S. the property known as the Washington Head Quarters, located at 
Morristown. N. J., has been recently purchased by Messrs. Randoljjh. Halsey. 
Lidgerwood and Halsted, for the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars: and 
••Where.\s. the purchasers express their willingness to transfer their property 
to the New Jersey Historical Society, at its cost to them, thus carrying out 
their purpose in the purchase; 

•■Be it Reaulvecl. That the Executive and Finance Committees of the New Jer- 
sey Historical Society be authorized to issue 500 shares of stock of !i*100 each in 
the name of the "Washington Association of the New Jersey Historical Society.' 
and that the proceeds of subscription, as rapidly as received, shall be applied as 
follows: first, to payment upon the property; and second, to providing a fund 
for its maintenance in perpetuation.'' 
••Which was carried unanimously. Col. Swords moved that the Correspt)nding 
Secretary be authorized to give notice of a meeting of the .Society to be held at 
Morristown for the third Thursday of September next in his discretion. Carried. 
On motion the meeting then adjourned." 



-96- 

building, and a special committee was appointed to look 
into the matter. Both of these propositions proved futile.' 
From the beginning of both institutions there had been 
a close intimacy between the Historical Society and the 
Newark Library Association, nearly all the officers and di- 
rectors of the latter being more or less active in the former. 
When the Free Public Library of Newark, supported by 
public taxation, was established, the old Library Associa- 
tion found itself without a raisoii cf ctre. It had acquired 
at a large expense the property formerly of the Park 
Presbyterian Church, on West Park street, and had a libra- 
ry of about 30,000 volumes. The Free Public Library 
leased the property, and acquired the books as a nucleus 
for its collection. There was some negotiation relative to 
the purchase of the property by the city, but this ultimate- 
ly fell through. In the meantime, the Library Associa- 
tion having practically ceased its functions, many of its 
more active members thoughtfully considered its future. 
Mr. L. Spencer Goble was a director in the Association, 
and for many years had been a member of the Finance and 
other Committees of the Historical Society. He suggest- 
ed that an effort be made to acquire by donation or pur- 
chase the stock of the Library Association, for the Mistor- 
ical Society. In this way the original objects of the found- 
ers of the former would be carried out, and the Society 
would acquire at nominal cost a creditable and permanent 
home.'- P"or some reason the project was never broached 
publicly, and in fact was practically dropped by Mr. Goble 
and the other gentlemen whom he had consulted on the sub- 
ject. At the annual meeting of the Society, at Trenton, Jan- 
uary 23, 1894, it was for the first time formally presented to 
the Society by Mr. Charles Bradley, who (through Mr. Wil- 
liam R. Weeks) offered a resolution calling for the appoiiit- 

1 Ibid.. May. 1890. pp. 8-4; XI.. 115. 

'i Mr. Goble explained the plan very fully to the writer, on February :i:i. 189:i. 




ERNEST E. COE. 



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ment of a committee of five to ascertain and report on what 
terms, if any, the spacious and handsome building of the 
Newark Library Association could be bought for the Soci- 
ety. This was adopted, and Messrs. Charles Bradley, L. 
Spencer Goble, William R. Weeks, William Nelson and 
Garret D. W Vroom were appointed the Committee.' Un- 
der the earnest leadership of the energetic chairman, the 
Committee lost no time in getting to work. It was ascer- 
tained that there were about 1300 shares of stock of the 
Library Association outstanding, held by about 400 per- 
sons, the par value being $25. Through personal solicita- 
tion 34 stockholders agreed to donate 147 shares to the 
Societ}', and 39 stockholders sold 105 shares at par. Cir- 
culars were sent to all the stockholders, explaining the ob- 
ject of the Committee, and a prompt and favorable response 
was elicited. To promote the success of the project it 
was voted, May 17, 1894, to give a Life Membership in the 
Society for every share of the stock mentioned donated to 
the Society. At this meeting Messrs. Ernest E. Coe and 
Erancis M. Tichenor were added to the Committee,'- By 
the following January the Society had acquired 113 shares 
of the stock, and in recognition of its interest Mr. Ernest 
E. Coe was elected a member of the Board of Directors, as 
a representative of this Society.'' It is confidently believed 

1 Proceedinf-'s, 2d Series. XIII.. rJ. 

-' Ibid.. XIII.. nn-m. 

;i Ibid.. 130 131. Ill Jiinuary. 181M5. Mr. Charles Bradley was elected one of the 
Directors. When the annual meeting' of stockholders of the Newark Library As- 
sociation was about to be held, in January, 1898. the New Jersey Historical Soci- 
ety owned more than one-third of the stock, and asked for a proportional repre- 
sentation in the Board of Directors, by the election of four members on the Board. 
There were some conferences to that end. but the ^'enllemen who h^.d controlled 
the Jloard for many years declared that it would be indelicate for them to sutrtrest 
to any two of their associates to retire, but if this Society could secure two vacan- 
cies they would be perfectly willing to elect four representatives of the Society on 
the Board: otherwise, they would vote to re-elect the old Board. The Society's 
representatives thereupon decided to nominate nine members of the Board of 
Directors. When the stockholders" meetinu was held, the ticket nominated by 
the Society received a small majority of all the votes cast. The Directors' ticket 
contained thirteen names (including.' Messrs. Bradley and Coe, who were also on 
13 



— 98 — 

by the gentlemen in charge of the movement that it will 
result in securing for this Society the property of the New- 
ark Library Association, 

The magnificent temple erected by Sir Christopher 
Wren makes a fitting setting to the other monuments en- 
shrined within its walls. They have been drawn thither 
because the home was worthy of them, and so architect 
and sculptor have been instrumental in creating the atmos- 
phere of hero worship, of Divine worship, which affects 
every visitor within those sacred walls. The priceless 
treasures bestowed upon the New Jersey Historical Soci- 
ety during the last half century are worthy of a home of 
their own, where they will be secure from loss, will be ac- 
cessible to every student, and where there will be ample 
room not only for what we have, but for what we hope to 
receive hereafter. Such a home, provided by the generos- 
ity of one man, of a doz^n men, or of a hundred, would be 
a worthy and enduring monument to their liberality. It 

the other ticket), and these all received an equal number of votes. The result was 
that only the nine memhers nominated in behalf of this Society received a major- 
ity of all the votes, and they alone were elected, leaving four vacancies. The 
Directors elected were: Charles Bradley, Ernest E. Coe, Theodore Coe. William 
H. Corbin. John R. Hardin, James E. Howell, Cyrus Peck, Chandler W. Riker, 
Francis M. Tichenor. At this writing (July. 1898). the Historical Society owns 
.5.50 of the l'i89 shares of stock in the Newark Library Association, acquired large- 
ly by gift, and partly by purchase at par. 9ii>. 

Mention may be made here of the munificent and most tempting offer received 
in May, 1896. from the Trustees of Princeton University. This was to give the 
Society ample quarters for all its collections, and rooms for its meetings, in the 
magnlticent new library building then in contemplation and since erected on the 
campus at Princeton, together with the services of an expert librarian to cata- 
logue and properly care for the library and other collections, this arrangement to 
be continued during the pleasure of the Society, the entire e.xpense to be assumed 
by the University. The Executive Committee of the Society was so impressed 
with the unparalleled generosity of the offer, coupled as it was with assurances of 
large pecuniary aid toward the increase of the library, that it unanimously re- 
solved to recommend its acceptance, unless a more favorable proposition should 
be made by Newark. A special meeting of the Society was held at Newark Oc- 
tober. 14. 1896, to consider the terms offered by Princeton. In the meantime postal 
cards were mailed to all the members, stating the offer, and asking for a yea and 
nay vote. In response, about -125 members sent in replies, of whom a considerable 
majority voted to accept. About 1.50 members attended the meeting in Newark, 
and the Princeton offer was rejected by a large majority. 



— 99 -" 

would vastly increase the capacit}' of the Society for its 
chosen work. And what a strand consummation it would 
be for this semi-centennial celebration of the New Jersey 
Historical Society.' 

PART IV. 

The Society's Publications. 

For oiil of old lielik's. as men suitlic. 

Cometh all this new eorne fro yere to yere. 
And out of old l)ookes, in sjood faithe. 

Cometh all this new science that men lere. 

— The Axstinbly of Foules. 

I. THE "proceedings" OF 'IIIE SOCIETY. 
The great importance of keeping before the public the 
work and aims of the Society was fully recognized by the 
founders. Accordingly, at the meeting held at Burling- 
ton, May 7, 1846, the Rev. Dr. Murray, from the Commit- 
tee on Publications, presented the following resolutions, 
which w'ere adopted : 

Resolved, That it is expedient a quarterly publication of the proceedings of the 
Society should be made under the direction of the Committee on Publication.s, 
comprising such letters and papers read before the Society, or extracts from 
them, as may be deemed of permanent interest— acknowledgments of donations 
received. &c. 

liesolved. That the said publication be commenced forthwith with the proceed- 
ings and papers of the last year— and that it be furnished to subscribers at $1. or 
non-subscribers at ST-zi cents per number.2 

The title of the first number of the publication thus 
modestly ushered into the world was 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF THE 

NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

Vol. I. 1845. No. 1. 



1 The interest in the welfare of the Society, aroused by this celebration, im- 
doubtedly secured large contributions to its treasury, particularly for the Huild- 
ing or T.,ibrary Fund. 

•■i Proceedings. I.. I-,'H. 



L.oPC. 



=—100 — 

It was an octavo pamphlet of 62 pages, containing the 
substance of the proceedings of the meetings held at Tren- 
ton January 13 and February 27, and at Newark May 7, 
together with selections from the correspondence, list of 
donations and donors, and a Discourse delivered before 
the Society May 7, 1845, by Charles King. Appended to 
this first number was a Prospectus, describing the plan of 
the publication. Each number was to contain from thirty 
to fifty pages, octavo, forming a volume each year of from 
150 to 200 pages; . . . "and it being the object of the 
Society to make the publication the means of diffusing in- 
teresting and valuable information and not a source of profit, 
it is intended that the quantity of matter in each number shall 
increase with the increase of patronage without any addi- 
tion to the price." The first number was issued during the 
summer of 1846, but in announcing the fact, at the meet- 
ing held at Salem, September 3, 1846, the Committee on 
Publication expressed the hope " that the members gener- 
ally will use their exertions to enlarge the subscription list; 
at present there are not a sufficient number of subscribers 
to warrant its continuance."^ On May 27, 1847, ^he Com- 
mittee on Publication reported that the first volume of the 
Proceedings, down to and including the meeting held at 
Salem Sept. 3, 1846, had been issued, 2CO pages, "but a 
great increase of subscribers is actually necessary to sus- 
tain it."~ It \v3Li resolved to continue the publication, and 
" that the members generally are invited and expected to 
act as Agents in extending its circulation.""^ At the meet- 
ing held January 20, 1848, the Committee reported that 
three numbers of the second volume had been issued (em- 
bracing the transactions down to and including June 25, 
1847), and that the fourth number, completing the volume, 

: Ibid., I., 175. 

2 MS. Minutes. 

8 Proceedinffs, II.. 71. 



— ioi ^ 

was in the press. The Committee regretted, however, 
" that this important publication is not sufficienily support- 
ed. They deem its continuance greatly desirable. It is a 
medium of communication with other Societies, and with 
all our donors throughout the country." The Committee 
was thereupon "authorized and directed to send a copy of 
our quarterly publication to each member of the Society; 
and that all such as do not return the same shall be con- 
sidered as subscribers to it."' This plan worked very well, 
so far as the circulation was concerned, but pecuniarily was 
by no means successful, the Committee reporting, January 
1 8, 1849, that " $350 was due from those v*'ho had received 
the last two volumes."'- A year later the arrears amounted 
to $5C0, although the interest and value of the publication 
were generally recognized.** In speaking of the unfavor- 
able financial conditions attending the publication, the 
Hon. William A. Duer remarked, in behalf of the Com- 
mittee, May 16, 1850, that "its continuation seemed actu- 
ally necessary to the welfare of the Society, and it was 
proper to consider whether it should become a tax upon 
the general treasury, and be gratuitously distributed to the 
paying members, or continue to be issued under existing 
regulations."^ Although the indebtedness continued to in- 
crease on this account, the original plan was pursued for 
several years longer.'' " It would seem to be the duty of 
the Society," said the Committee in a report September 
12, 1850, "to disseminate as widely as possible the his- 
torical information it may gather through the agency of its 
members. . . . The collection of rare works for its 
library . . . was in reality less likel)^ to promote a knowl- 

1 Ibid.. III., 4. A printed slip containiny this resolution was inserted in the 
next number of the Proeeedinj^s sent to members. 
-' Ibid.. III.. .")S. r.':!. Ki:!. 
:; Ibid.. IV.. :!. !0I. 1 li. 
•t Ibid.. V , ■.'. 
•"' Ibid., v.. ■.■)H: VI.. •.'. M. I)?. 



— [02 — ^ 

edge of the history of the State than the publication of" 
the material it accumulated.^ At the meeting May 19, 
1853, the Committee reported $400 due on account of 
copies of the Proceedings sent out and not paid for, and 
recommended that thereafter the " Periodical " should 
not be "sent to any person unless previously paid for, 
and that resident paying members, not in arrears, and 
those that shall hereafter be elected, shall on the payment 
of their annual dues receive the numbers for the year 
without charge; and to such members, the back volumes, 
and to the Honorary, Corresponding, and Life Members, 
the future volumes, shall be furnished at their cost price." 
The Committee was also authorized to direct the number 
of copies to be printed, and to prescribe the frequency of 
the publication." The Society decided. May 18, 1854, to 
pay out of its treasury $309.55 to meet the deficiency so 
far incurred by the Committee, and that thereafter the ex- 
pense of printing the Proceedings should be charged to the 
general fund of the Society, and credit given that fund for 
all proceeds of sales. ^ Such has been the system pursued 
ever since. 

From the beginning, the " Proceedings " of the New Jer- 
sey Historical Society were extremely interesting and val- 
uable. As is the rule with similar publications, the " Pro- 
ceedings " were by no means a transcript of the minutes of 
the Society. Instead, merely the substance was given of 
the actual routine business, interspersed with the extem- 
poraneous remarks frequently made at the meetings, giving 
information of a most varied character; the reports, reso- 
lutions and discussions; the more important letters re- 
ceived ; lists of donors and donations, and selections from 
the ever-accumulating store of documents, diaries, journals 

1 Ibid., v.. 40. 

2 Ibid.. VII.. 3. 

3 Ibid.. VII.. H6. 



— 1 03 — 

and other manuscripts acquired by the Society. A set of 
these Proceedings is indispensable to the student who 
would become familiar with the history of New Jersey, and 
with the lives of many of its public men. This publication 
now comprises ten volumes in the First Series, 1845— 1866, 
and thirteen volumes in the Second Series, 1 867-1 895, 
making about five thousand pages in all.' 

II. THE " COLLECTIONS." 

The work prepared by Mr. William A. Whitehead even 
before the Society was organized, wherein he traced the 
history of " East Jersey under the Proprietary Govern- 
ments," was brought to the attention of the Society at its 
meeting May 7, 1845, and the author was requested to 
permit it to be published under the sanction of the Soci- 
ety.'- This was done, the work being issued in January, 
1846, and by May was nearly all disposed of, the treasury 
being refunded the entire amount advanced for its publica- 
tion."^ 

The Hon. William A. Duer having stated. May 7, 1845, 
that he had in his possession valuable original papers of 
Lord Stirling, copies of which he would furnish to the So- 
ciety, did his engagements allow, Mr. James Gore King 
caused copies to be made at his own expense, and pre- 
sented them at the meeting September 4, 1845, in a large 
volume containing transcripts of more than three hundred 
letters and papers of dates between 1 754-1 783.' This 
material was promptly utilized by Mr. Duer in the prepar- 
ation of a " Life of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling," 
which was published early in 1847, ^^ Vol. IL of the So- 

1 Of all our contemporuries the Miissufhusetts Historical Society alone issues 
•• Froceeilin(.'s " at all comparable with those of this Society. The New York His- 
torical Society disconlinucd a similar ])uhlicatii)ii iliirty years or more atro. 

- Proceedinf,'s. I.. i(i-ii. 

3 Ibid.. I., 98. 116. 128. A second edition was issued in IHTl. without expense to 
the Society.— /Ota.. 2d Sei-ics. IV.. .il. 

^ Itiid.. I.. 1(1. r>i), 



— 104 — 

ciety's Collections.' Unfortunately, the work was compiled 
without due diligence in searching for additional material. 
After it was issued Judge Duer learned that several hun- 
dred more letters and documents of Lord Stirling were in 
the New York Historical Society. He caused copies to be 
made, and deposited with this Society.' Some of them 
were subsequently given in the Proceedings.'^ 

The Society was entertained and instructed by Richard 
S. Field, who read a paper, January 20. 1848, on "The es- 
tablishment and progress of Courts, and the peculiarities 
of the administration of Justice in the provinces of East 
and West Jersey." At the next meeting, May 25, 1848, he 
pursued the subject with a " Paper on the Bench and Bar of 
New Jersey previous to the Revolution." By request, Mr. 
Field placed his MS. at the disposal of the Society, which 
authorized its publication as a third volume of Collections. 
It appeared early in 1849, under the title "The Provincial 
Courts of New Jersey, with Sketches of the Bench and 
Bar."^ 

A Letter-Book of Lewis Morris, Governor of New Jer- 
sey, 1 738-1 746, containing copies of official and private 
letters written by him, from May, 1739, to February, 1744, 
while holding that office, was presented to the Society, 
November 6, 1845, by the Rev. Robert Davidson, D. D., of 
New Brunswick. At the same meeting the Society was 
made the recipient, through Lieut. Charles S. Boggs, U. S. 
N.,'' of a collection of about 100 MSS. of Gov. Morris, 
1730— 1746; of one of the Governor's Letter Books, Jan- 
uary, 1744, to March, 1746; and of a collection of about 

1 Mr. Whitehead's letter (in my possession) to the Clerk of the U. S. District 
Court for New Jersey, transmittinf< the title pase. for copyright, is dated Janu- 
ary 4, 1847. 

2 Ibid., ir.. 65, 76 ; III.. 161, 164, 170. 

3 Ibid., v., 17.1-196 : VI., 41-4«, 56-61, S13-96. 

4 Ibid., III., 11. &. VlS-4. 163. 

.-. Afterwards distinguished in the Rebellion as one of the most gallant of the 
Union officers. He was made Rear Admiral in 1870, 



— I05 — 

100 MSS. of Robert Hunter Morris, 1750-1756.^ These 
papers were placed in the hands of Mr. Whitehead, who 
arranged them for pubhcation, with a prehminary memoir 
of Gov. Morris, and the Society on September 11, 185 i, 
authorized their issue in another volume of the Collec- 
tions, which was published in the spring of 1S52, under the 
title, " The Papers of Lewis Morris, Governor of the 
Province of New Jersey, from 1738 to 1746.'"- 

Of X'olume V. of the Collections I shall speak later. 

The sixth volume had its origin in the following resolu- 
tion, offered by David A. Hayes, and adopted at the meet- 
ing of the Society at Newark, May 20, 1852 : 

Resolved. That the Committee on Publications be authorized to apply to the 
Common Council of the City of Newark for permission to publish such of the early 
manuscript Records and other documents in their possession, illustrating the 
history of the City and State, which may be of interest: and should the request 
be granted, that they proceed to publish the same as one of the volumes of the 
Society's Collections, whenever placed in funds for the purpose, by private sub- 
scription or otherwise. 

" Mr. Hayes stated that these records were of great 
value, and that measures should be taken to preserve them 
from destruction. They were already to some extent de- 
faced, and as only one copy existed, some accident might 
forever destroy the sources of most of our knowledge re- 
specting the settlement and early history of this portion of 
the State. He felt authorized to say that there were indi- 
viduals ready to relieve the Society of the expense of pub- 
lishing the work."'^ The Newark Common Council promptly 
acquiesced in the Society's suggestion, and caused the 
transcribing to be undertaken at the city s expense.^ The 
work proceeded in so leisurely a fashion that it was not 
until May 15, 1856, that the Committee on Publications 
were able to report that the copy had been completed, and 
" placed in the hands of Mr. Samuel H. Congar, the Libra- 

1 Ibid.. I., (til. \]-i. IKi; IV.. -21. 

•■i Ibid., v., 40-41, 1.58: VI., 2, 3. 50. 10 (07). 

■" Proceedings. VI., 21 (69). 

■» Ibid. VII.. .-)!. 
1-i 



— io6 — 

rian, whose thorough acquaintance with the locaHties and 
genealogies of this portion ot" the State, particularly qual- 
ifies him for the task of preparing the records for the press. 
Such notes and explanations will be appended as might be 
necessary for their proper elucidation."^ No progress hav- 
ing been made in the meantime toward the publication, 
Mr. Hayes brought up the subject at the meeting of the 
Society on May 19, 1859, and on his motion Messrs. 
Hayes, Staats S. Morris, Peter S. Duryee, Henry G. Darcy 
and Silas Merchant were appointed a committee to procure 
funds wherewith to publish the volume.- The committee 
failed to act, however, although gently reminded of its 
duty from time to time, but on January 15, 1863, in re- 
sponse to a hint of the kind, Mr. Hayes said that "so soon 
as estimates of cost could be obtained they would be pre- 
pared to go forward and collect the funds for publishing 
the Records."^ At the next meeting, May 21, 1863, it was 
reported that the special committee was receiving subscrip- 
tions for the proposed volume, at $2 per copy.^ It was a 
year later — May 19, 1864 — ere the book was actually in 
the press,'^ and several months elapsed before it appeared — 
more than twelve years after its publication had been de- 
cided upon. For some reason, Mr, Congar's contemplated 
notes were omitted, and his work was limited to the proof- 
reading, the actual preparation of the volume for the print- 
er devolving on Mr. Whitehead, who prefixed an introduc- 
tion, and added a table of town officers. The Newark city 
authorities, who had several years before made appropria- 
tions for printing the volume, now subscribed for one hun- 
dred copies ; private citizens contributed toward the cost, 
and thus the Society was practically relieved from all ex- 

1 Ibid., VII. , 8G; VIII., 34. 

2 Ibid., VIII., \bX 

y Ibid., IX., 25. lOJ, 136 

4 Ibid., 152. 

5 Ibid., 196. 



— 107 — 

pense in the publication.' It would be well if other cities 
and counties would imitate the example set by Newark, in 
publishing their early official records. - 

When the Society met at Newark, on May iS, 1865, 
Mr. Whitehead reminded the members that the two hun- 
dredth anniversary of the foundini^ of that city would occur 
a year hence, and on his motion the Executive Committee, 
in conjunction with the officers of the Society, was re- 
quested to adopt such measures as might be necessary to 
celebrate that event in a proper manner. The celebration 
occurred May 17, 1866, the city authorities co-operating 
with the Society. The exercises included a historical 
memoir by William A. Whitehead ; a commemoration 
oration, by William B. Kinney, and a poem by Dr. Thomas 
Ward. These were published, together with Genealogical 
Notes of the First Settlers, by Samuel H. Congar, in a 
Supplement to Vol. VI. of the Collections.'^ 

The late Judge L. Q. C. Elmer favored the Society upon 
January 20 and May 19, 1870, with portions of a work 
which he had prepared, embodying his personal views of 
men and things, particularly in relation to the bench and 
bar of New Jersey. The paper read by him at the latter 
meeting was published under the title of " History of the 
Constitution of New Jersey, adopted 1776, and the Gov- 

1 Ibid., IX.. )06: X., 2. 

2 The minutes of the Hoard of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Passaic, 
1837-1870. were published in 1875. The official "Records of the Township of Pater- 
son. 1831-1851. ■■ were published in 1895. with the laws relating to the township, ex- 
tracts from contemporary newspapers, and notes, forming an octavo volume of 
'IXi page"*, including index. 

The old Middletown (Monmouth County) Town Hook, containing the records 
from December 30, 1667. to Augustus, 16i>4. was printed about 1886 by Major James 
S. Yard, of Freehold, in his paper, the Moiiinoittli Democrat, and afterwards in 
pamphlet form. This book contains the records of the lirst popular government 
in Monmouth County, and in many respects is a most valuable contribution to the 
early history of New Jersey. 

The substance of the Woodbridge Town Records is given in Daily's History of 
■Woodbridge. 

3 Ibid., X., -19, 69. 162-3, 165; Second Series. I., 3. 



— io8 — 

ernment Under It."^ He intimated his willingness to have 
his work published as one of the volumes of the Collec- 
tions of the Society. Some months later, however, the 
Committee on Publications announced that Judge Elmer 
had relinquished his intention of furnishing the Society 
with his work. He subsequently changed his determina- 
tion not to proceed with the preparations of his reminis- 
cences, and it was reported to the Society, May i8, 1871, 
that the work would probably be completed in the course 
of two or three months. The Committee was thereupon 
authorized and requested to take immediate steps for its 
publication as a volume of the Society's Collections. A 
year later the Committee reported that a favorable arrange- 
ment had been made with Martin R. Dennis, of Newark, 
for the publication of the work without expense to the 
Society, and at the following meeting, May 16, 1872, it 
was stated that the book had been published and had met 
with a very satisfactory reception from the public."- It is 
an extremely interesting and gossipy account of times 
familiar to Judge Elmer, and there is a refreshing candor 
in his expression of his personal opinions of men and 
events. 

Referring to the publishing work of the Society, the 
Committee on Publications, in their report made January 
19, 1871, said: "The Historical Society is only half per- 
forming its functions if it is satisfied with merely collecting 
materials for history. It should consider it equally ob- 
ligatory to disseminate to as great an extent as possible, 
through the agency of the press, the knowledge that it has 
collected. While we can point with satisfaction to what 
we have done in fulfillment of both these obligations, it is 
to be hoped that there will be no disposition evinced to 

1 Proceedintrs, id Series. II., 6. 59. 133-153. 
^ Ibid., II., 58. 101, 1513-7, 170; III.. 2. 




HENRY W. GREEN. 



— 109 — 

abate our endeavor to increase the number of printed 
pages "^ 

Unfortunately, the very excellent advice given by the 
Committee has not been followed with the assiduity that 
characterized the Society in its earlier days, when a vol- 
ume of Collections was issued every year or twc. For 
twenty-three years no additions have been made to this 
valuable series. 

At the meeting in Newark, May 20, 1880, a resolution 
was adopted, offered by Martin J. Ryerson, of Blooming- 
dale, that the Rev. Garret C. Schenck, of Marlboro, be re- 
quested to furnish the Society with a copy of his History 
of Pompton Plains."- Dr. Schenck had been for many years 
pastor of the Reformed (Dutch) Church at Pompton 
Plains, and had gathered a large amount of material relat- 
ing to the history of that locality, part of which was em- 
bodied, through his kindness, in a sermon by the Rev. 
George J. Van Neste, of Little Falls, in 1866. At the 
meeting of the Society, January 20, 1881, a letter was pre- 
sented from Dr. Schenck promising compliance with the 
request for his history.^ More than two years later — May 
18, 1882 — a letter was received from him regretting that 
he had been unable to complete his paper on the History 
of Pompton Plains.^ 

The Committee on Library reported to the Society, 
January 25, 1887, that the " manuscript history of the 
' Early Settlement and Settlers of Pompton Plains,' by the 
Rev. Garret C. Schenck, had been presented by the author 
to the Society. A strong desire to have it published was 
manifested, and offers to take from six to twenty-five 
copies were made by several. The Committee recom- 

1 Proceeding's. M .Series. II.. 103. 

2 Ibid.. VI.. 92. 

3 Ibid., VI.. 111. 
i Ibid., VII.. 63. 



— no — 

mended that some action be taken in the matter." The 
manuscript was referred to the Committee on Publications 
with power to publish it on such terms as might be mu- 
tually agreeable to the Society and the author, without in- 
curring any debt on the part of the Society The Com- 
mittee on Publications reported, May 17, 1888, having ar- 
ranged with Joel Munsell's Sons at Albany to print the 
book, the publishers agreeing to print it and to give the 
Society one hundred copies without cost, provided one 
hundred subscriptions at $4 per copy were obtained. The 
Committee issued a circular soliciting subscriptions, but 
up to the present time not more than fifty or sixty copies 
of the work have been subscribed for.^ In the meantime, 
the venerable author passed away, shortly after having 
presented his valuable v/ork, upon which he had spent 
thirty years of his life, to the Society.- 

III. THE "NEW JERSEY ARCHIVES." 

I have already intimated that the effort to secure copies 
of the documents in European archives relating to New 
Jersey history had an important influence in leading u[ to 
the organization of the Historical Society. At one of the 
earliest meetings of the Society, November 6, 1845, 
Messrs. William A. Whitehead, Stacy G. Potts and Rich- 
ard S. Field were appointed a committee " to present a 
memorial to the Legislature, in behalf of the Society, ask- 
ing for the adoption of such measures as may be necessary 
to secure to the State copies of all historical documents of 
importance for the full illustration of our past history, that 
may be in the possession of the other States of the Union, 
— and also the requisite measures for obtaining accurate 
information regarding the character, number, and place of 

1 Ibia., IX.. 111. l-)6; X., 50. 123. 

2 In 1898 the Committee on Printing was authorized by the Board of Trustees to 
solicit new bids for the printing of this work, and there is reason to hope that it 
may be published within the next year, forminjf Volume VIII. of the •■Collections." 



I 1 1 



deposit of the documents in the Enghsh archives referring 
to our Colonial History; and also of the probable expense 
of obtaining copies thereof for the use of the State. "^ Such 
was the origin of the Committee on Colonial Documents, 
which has accomplished so much for the Society and the 
State, in procuring the printing of our Archives. This 
Committee presented to the Legislature a memorial calling 
attention to the similar work which had been undertaken 
by the State of New York, and secured the reference of the 
document to a special committee of the Legislature, which 
on February 19, 1846, made a very elaborate and extreme- 
ly interesting report, but without effect. At the meeting 
of the Society on May 27, 1847, ^^'^^ Committee on Colon- 
ial Records submitted a resolution for the appointment of 
"a committee of seven to obtain subscriptions to procure an 
analytical index to documents in English archives relating 
to New Jersey, and when the funds should be obtained, 
that the committee adopt means to secure said list or in- 
dex and such other information in relation to the papers 
as may be of service to the Society and individuals." 
Messrs. William A. Whitehead, Charles King, Prof. John 
Maclean of Princeton, the Right Rev. George W. Doane of 
Burlington, the Rev. Daniel V. McLean of Freehold, Isaac 
Mickle of Camden and R. B. Thompson of Salem, were 
appointed the committee."- They reported two years later 
— May 17, 1849 — that they had solicited subscriptions, and 
James Gore Kmg, William A. Whitehead and Peter S. 
Duryee were appointed a committee to take charge of the 
work.'* Mr. King reported, Sept. 13, 1849, that $600 
would be necessary to carry into effect the purposes of the 
committee; of this sum, $535 had been subscribed and 
$485 collected. The committee had engaged the services 



1 Proceeding's. I., 99. 

2 ProceedinfTs. II.. 74. 
••i Ihid.. IV.. 3. 



— 112 

of Mr. Henry Stevens, United States Despatch Agent in Lon- 
don, who had made considerable progress in obtaining ab- 
stracts of about seven hundred papers relating to New Jer- 
sey in the English Public Record Office, of dates between 
1664 and 1714-' Mr. Duryee reported in behalf of the 
committee, January 17, 1850, that excellent progress had 
been made by Mr. Stevens. Messrs. Richard S. Field, 
the Rev. Dr. Nicholas Murray, William A. Whitehead and 
Stacy G Potts were appointed a committee to draw up a 
memorial to the Legislature, urging prompt attention to 
the matter, but this effort also failed of success.' Mr. 
James Gore King, from the committee charged with the 
management of the Colonial Document Fund, stated at the 
meeting of the Society, September 11, 1851, that "there 
had been received fronv. Mr. Henry Stevens nine volumes 
of a historical index of New Jersey Colonial Documents, 
embracing the period from March 12, 1664, to December 
23, 1775, each volume containing two hundred manuscript 
cards, or 1800 in all. On each card was a reference to 
the particular place where each document was to be found, 
together with its date."'^ The "volumes" referred to were 
portfolios or cases, in shape and size resembling small 
quarto volumes, bound in blue morocco, appropriately let- 
tered on the back, each portfolio having a lock and key. 
They were greatly admired by the members then,"* as they 
have been since. Mr. King again reported, May 20, 1852, 
that "the whole amount to be paid Mr, Stevens for procuring 
the Analytical Lidex had been remitted to hiin, and it was 
expected that the supplementary matter and the preface to 
be prepared by him would be completed by the middle of 
June." The Legislature had made an appropriation for 
the purchase of a number of the volumes. The Society 
thereupon authorized the Committee on Publications to 

1 Ibid., IV., 1()2. 2 Ibid., IV., 14.5 (5. 

3 Ibid., VI.. 3-5. •* Ibid., VI.. 51. 



— I 13 — 

have the work printed, and to fix a subscription price for 
it.' It was nearl}' two years later before Mr. Stevens com- 
pleted his transcripts, on presenting which to the Society, 
January 19, 1854, the Committee on Colonial Docu- 
ments was discharged, at its own recjucst, having com- 
pleted its work.'- The editing and preparation of the com- 
pilation having been entrusted to Mr. William A. White- 
head, he sent out a circular to numerous public officials 
and private citizens, soliciting information as to the 
nature and contents of historical documents in their custody 
or possession, with a view to incorporating the same in the 
proposed volumes, but this meeting with little or no re- 
sponse he personally analyzed and indexed such collections 
as were readily accessible, thus adding summaries of about 
500 documents •' To facilitate his work, an appeal was 
made to the (lovernor, who recommended to the Legis- 
lature (in 1856) the appointment of committees in the 
several counties, to examine and report on the condition 
of the public records. A joint resolution for the purpose, 
after passmg the Assembly unanimously, received but three 
votes in the Senate."* At the Society's meeting at Newark, 
May 21, 1S57, the Rev. Dr. Nicholas Murray, from the 
Committee on Publications, reported that " the fifth 
volume of the ' Collections ' of the Society, the publication 
of which has been so long delayed by various causes, will 

1 Ihid.. VI., tiS. 

'.; Ibid.. VII.. .51-.r2. 

■■! Ibid.. VII.. i:{l. 

■4 Ibid.. VIII.. (). 34. :»*. fiO. The I.e^rishil ure of IHitS ctiafted ;i law (dratted by the 
author of this addres.s) authorizing,' the Governor to appoint a Public Records Com- 
mission, to consist of three members, to in veslitrate and report to the Governor 
from time to time on the character and condition of the public records in the 
archives of the .State and Counties, (iovernor John W. Griyys appointed William 
Nelson of Palerson, General William S. Strykerof Trenton, and Henry S. Hiiines 
of HurlintJton as the Commission. They made their first report to (iovernor Foster 
M. \'oorhees in April. 1898. This report embraced a description of the records in 
the Secretary of State's office, at Trenton, with some e.\cerpts indicating their con 
tents: a bibliotrraphy of the laws and Leji-islative journals prior to 1801. and an ac- 
count of the laws ;nid Lc^Msbitivc iniirnnls in the Stale !>ibrarv and elsewhere. 
15 



— 114 — 

soon be ready for the press, and prove, it is thought, a 
welcome and valuable addition to the historical literature 
of the State and country ; for although only an Index to the 
Colonial Documents of New Jersey, it will be found to 
furnish a large amount of information to which access has 
not before been had, and materially assist the historical 
student in his researches " The Society thereupon au- 
thorized the Committee to proceed w ith the publication of 
the work as soon as a sufficient number of subscriptions 
should be obtained to warrant the expense.' The Com- 
mittee reported, January 21, 1858, that the volume "was 
about being put to press," and at the meeting of the 
Society, May 20, 1858, it was announced that the work 
was about to be published, and a few copies were sub- 
mitted for the examination of the members ' The Hon. 
William L. Dayton announced, in behalf of the Committee, 
January 20, 1859, that " the Fifth Volume of the Collections 
of the Society, which was on the eve of publication when 
the last meeting was held, had been since distributed to the 
subscribers and placed for sale in the usual depositories for 
such works. It had received a very general commenda- 
tion." The sales " had enabled the Committee to meet the 
expense of the publication without encroaching materially 
upon the limited sum in the treasury."^ 

Such was the history of Volume V. of our Collections — 
" An Analytical Index to the Colonial Documents of New 
Jersey," a stout octavo, published in 1858. In the preface 
Mr. Whitehead detailed the efforts to secure Legislative sup- 
port for the procurement of records from England bear- 
ing on our history, or even to complete the laws and Legis- 
lative journals, and the efforts which finally secured, mainly 
by private generosity, this work. He added an account 

1 Ibid., VIII.. (;0-61. 
■■i Ibid.. VIII.. ito, 11 -I 
y Ibid.. VIII.. i:W. 



— 115 — 

by Mr. Henry Stevens, of the nature and location of the 
records in question. In an appendix was ^iven a rough- 
list of printed books, compiled by Mr. Stevens, relating to 
the early history of New Jersey, to which Mr. Whitehead 
annexed a partial list of New Jersey newspapers prior to 
1800, and notices of the public records in Essex county. 
The volume was and still is a highly creditable work, and 
possesses a permanent value. 

Its main interest, in the present connection, lies in the 
fact that it prepared the way for that stately series of 
volumes known as the " New Jersey Archives." It was 
fourteen years from the time Mr. Whitehead first attempted 
to enlist public interest in the importance of securing from 
the English State Paper offices the documents relating to 
our early history, until he saw through the press this Ana- 
lytical Index to those documents. He never lost sight of 
the matter, but it was fourteen years later ere his heart was 
gladdened by an act of the Legislature appropriating $3,000. 
for the desired end. 

In 1870 the original manuscript Journal of the Governor 
and Council of New Jersey, 1682- 1703, which had been 
missing for many years, was restored to the State Library.' 
A bright young newspaper man, F, L. Lundy, of Morris- 
town, wrote up graphic accounts of the quaint and most val- 
uable old volume, which were widely published. He also 
described the oldest volume of minutes of the House of 
Assembly, 1703-1709, and a manuscript volume containing 
the Journal of the Council of Safety, 1 777- 1778, which 
came to light at the same time. The Hon. Nathaniel 
Niles, member of the Assembly from Morris county, in- 
stantly perceived the interest of these precious manu- 
scripts, and as they had once been lost and might be 
again, he conceived the idea that they ought to be printed, 
both to preserve their contents for all time, and to make 

1 See N. .1. .\i-cliiv('s. XIH., I'lefuee. 



— ii6 — 

them more generally available for the use of historical 
students. Accordingly, he secured the passage of an act 
entitled " An act for the better preservation of the early 
records of the State of New Jersey," which was approved 
by Governor Theodore F. Randolph, April 6, 1871.' This 
act authorized the Commissioners of the State Library to 
print and distribute the three manuscripts above described. 
This was done in 1872. 

About this time Mr. Niles accidentally met with one of 
the messages of Governor Haines sent to the Legislature 
in 1844 or 1845, in which he recommended an appropria- 
tion of three hundred dollars for the purpose of obtaining 
some account of the documents in the English Public 
Record Offices, relating to the history of our State. Mr. 
Niles was now Speaker of the Assembly. His quick fancy 
caught at the Governor's suggestion ; his youthful enthu- 
siasm — which he has always retained — was so contagious 
as to be irresistible ; and with his winning manner and 
the prestige of his position he succeeded in accom- 
plishing what had been vainly attempted at a score 
of previous sessions of the Legislature. He drafted, 
and through his efforts there was passed a Supple- 
ment to the " Act for the better preservation of the 
early records of the State of New Jersey," which had been 
enacted in 1871. This Supplement, approved March 29, 
1S72 (Pamphlet Laws, 1872, p. 59), appropriated three 
thousand dollars " to procure copies of colonial documents, 
papers, and minutes of council, directly referring to the 
history of East and West Jersey and of New Jersey, now 
on file in the State Paper Office in London, England, the 
said documents, papers and pamphlets to be procured and 
said sum to be expended under the direction of the New 
Jersey Historical Society, and paid to them by the 
Treasurer of this State, on their order, for that purpose, 

' Pamphlet, r^aws, IHTl.p. lou. 




NATHANIEL NILES 



— I I ; — 

the same to be placed in the State Library." The Societ)' 
at once appointed Speaker Nathaniel Nilcs, ex Governor 
Daniel Haines, Governor Joel l^arker and William A. 
Whitehead a Committee to procure the documents referred 
to. The selection of these papers was greatly simplified 
and facilitated by the Analytical Index, printed by the 
Societ}' in 1858. 

Mr. Henry Stevens, of London, was promptly engaged 
to secure the desired transcripts, which he forwarded to 
the Society from time to time in handsome and durable 
portfolios. By a supplement, approved March 5, 1874 
(Pamphlet Laws, 1874, p. 29), an additional appropriation 
of $3,COO was made to procure copies of such documents 
and papers which might b2 found in the record offices or 
elsezvhcrc. Another supplement, approved March 27, 
1878 (Pamphlet Laws, 1878, p. 191), appropriated one 
thousand dollars " to procure copies of all papers now in 
the Public Record Offices of England, or elsewhere, refer- 
ring to the history of New Jersey, and which are not now 
in the possession of this State; the said sum hereby ap- 
propriated, and any sum heretofore appropriated for this 
purpose, to be expended under the direction of the 
Historical Society of New Jersey, in obtaining, arranging, 
collating and printing the said papers.'" This was the 
first authority that had been given to the Society to print 
these records. When at last, after more than thirty jears 
of persistent effort on AL*. Whitehead's part, the material 
was in hand and the fund available for printing a volume of 
original records relating to the early history of the State, 
he was gratified beyond expression. 

The duty of editing and preparing the documents for 
the press was, at the request of the Society, assigned to 
Mr. Whitehead — a fitting recognition of his pre-eminent 
fitness for the task. Then came the serious question, How 
should the series be entitled? After the " Pennsylvania 



— ii8 — 

Colonial Records?" or the " Documents relative to the 
Colonial History of the State of New York ?" or the " Penn- 
sylvania Archives?" I recollect well the grave solicitude 
he expressed as he appealed to me for my opinion on this 
problem — an appeal that was flattering to one so much 
younger in years and wisdom — and the pleasure with which 
he caught at the suggestion to combine the titles used by 
both our sister states, labeling the volumes on the outside, 
" New Jersey Archives," with the fuller title page, " Docu- 
ments relating to the Colonial History of the State of New 
Jersey," used also as a sub-title on the back. Then there 
was another question : Should his name appear on the title 
page as editor, without any indication of his qualifications? 
or, should there be appended a list of some of his works, 
to indicate to the world of letters that he had some pre- 
paratory fitness to undertake the editing of a work of this 
magnitude? My own judgment was that his fame was al- 
ready sufficient to justify his selection, but his modesty led 
him to doubt this, and to vindicate his choice by the 
State and the Society he added to his name the titles of 
his principal historical publications. 

Volume I. of the New Jersey Archives, First Series, 
1636-1687, was issued in 1880. It was evident that 
more money would be needed at an early day, to con- 
tinue the work, and the writer, after consultation with 
Mr. Whitehead, drafted a further Supplement to the 
Act of 1 87 1, and saw it through the Legislature (ap- 
proved March 24, 1881, Pamphlet Laws, 1881, p. 206), 
appropriating $3, coo annually for three years, to be 
expended in procuring copies of all papers relating to the 
early history of New Jersey, " and for arranging, collating, 
editing and printing the same." The latter clause was in- 
serted to set at rest any question as to the authority, under 
the previous acts, to allow compensation to the editor.' 

1 Since 1893 no payments have been made for editorial services, the work hciuti 
done trratuitously by one of the ofticers of the Society. 



— 1 19 — 

With the funds thus made available the following volumes 
were printed : 

Vol. II. 1687-1703, in 188 1. 

Vol. III. 1703-1709, in 1881. 

Vol. IV. 1709-1720, in 1882. 

Vol. V. 1720-1737, in 1882. 

Vol. VI. 1738-1747, in 1882. 

Vol. VII. 1746-175 I, in 1883. 

The funds having been e.xhausted, another appeal was 
made to the Legislature, which by a Supplement to the 
Act of 1871, approved May 13, 1884 (Pamphlet Laws, 
1884, p 340), appropriated $3,000 annually for three years, 
to continue the work. 

Owing to the failing health of Mr. Whitehead, Volume 
VIII. was not printed until after his death, in 1885. It 
was issued under the supervision of Judge Frederick W. 
Ricord, the Librarian of the Society. Mr. Whitehead had 
prepared the copy, but the portion beginning in 1751 had 
got misplaced and was overlooked by Judge Ricord until 
considerable progress was made with the printing. This 
accounts for the division of the volume into two Parts, the 
material for Part I. having been discovered after Part II. 
was nearly through the press. The subsequent volumes 
appeared thus : 

Vol. IX. 1757-1767, in 1886. 

Vol. X. i-jG-j-x-j-j^, in 1886. 

General Index, Vols. I.-X , in 1888. 

In 1888 the Legislature appropriated $3,000 annually 
for five years " to enable the New Jersey Historical Society 
to complete the work of procuring material for, arranging, 
collating, editing and printing the Journals of the Governor 
and Council during the Colonial Period, and for arranging, 
collating, editing and printing papers and documents re- 
lating to the history of New Jersey during the period of 
the Revolution." (Act approved March 26, 1888, Pamph- 



I20 — 

let Laws. 1888, p. 252). Under this Act the Journal of 
the Governor and Council, 1682-1 776, was printed, com- 
prising Vols. XIII. -XVIII., in 1890-1893. 

A series of V^olumes consisting of Extracts from Ameri- 
can Newspapers, relating to New Jersey, was undertaken 
by the writer in 1 890, but the magnitude of the work in- 
volved exceeded all anticipations, so that the printing has 
been greatly delayed. In this connection it was deemed 
advisable to incorporate a History of American Newspapers 
and Printers, prior to 1801, and a list of files of such news- 
papers, and the libraries in which they are preserved. 
This last was necessary in order to secure the fullest set of 
extracts relating to our State. For variety, and the depict- 
ing of life and manners in the eighteenth century, it is be- 
lieved this series of volumes will be of surpassing interest.' 

1 Vol. XI.. N. J. Archives, comprising Newspaper Extracts. 1704-1730. and 
History of American Newspapers, Alabama-Maryland, appeared in 189-4. 

Vol. XII.— Newspaper Extracts. 1740-17ri(). and History of Massachusetts 
Newspapers, was issued in 1895. 

Vol. XIX.— Newspaper Extracts. 17."il-l7.V), and History of American News- 
papers. Minnesota-New Hampshire, was published in 1897. 

Vol. XX. —Newspaper Extracts, 1756-1761, and History of New Jersey News- 
papers, is expected to be issued before the close of 1898, or early in 1899. 

Vol. XXI.— Index to New Jer.sey Marriage Bonds, in the Secretary of .State's 
\/ office, will probably be published before the end of 1898. 

The material is in hand for further volumes of Newspaper Extracts to the 
close of 1775, which will be issued from time to time. 

A Second Series of Archives. relatinK to the period of the Revolution, has been 
determined upon. Vol. I., comprising Newspaper Extracts. 1776. is about half 
printed, under the editorship of GJen. William S. Stryker. 

It may be added that in 1893 the Legislature appropriated SF3.000 for continuing 
the work. The moneys previously voted had been paid in bulk to the Treasurer of 
the Society. By this Act it was provided that the money should be paid on 
vouchers presented to the Comptroller, approved by the Committee on Colonial 
Documents of the Society. This act was approved March 17, 1893 (Pamphlet Laws. 
1893. p. 399). In 1897 the Legislature appropriated !?1. 300. and in 1898 the sum of 
!f?..=iOO for the same purpose. This makes a total of *I7.800 that has been appro- 
priated by the Legislature for procuring material for and printing the New Jersey 
Archives. With the exception of the first *7.000. appropriated by the Acts of 
I87-.'. 1874 and 1878. the several appropriation ai'ts have been drafted by the present 
chairman of the Committee, who has given his personal attention to urging their 
pas ;age. In this he has been materially assisted by other members of the Com- 
mittee. In these efforts he has met with cordial and intelligent co-operation on 
the part of many members of the Legislature who have readily appreciated the 
importance of the Archives, when the sub.iect has been brought to their notice. 

Fifteen linndrt^l copies of the Archives are printed: 1,1)1)0 copies are deposited 




AUSTIN SCOTT. Ph. D., LL. D. 



— 121 

The New Jersc}' Archives form one of the most valuable 
contributions extant to the history of our country, and con- 
stitute a splendid monument to the intelligent liberality of 
our Legislature, which has thus preserved for all time the 
priceless records of and relating to our State.' 

Of the Committee on Colonial Documents originally ap- 
pointed in 1872, and under whose supervision these vol- 
umes have been issued, there is but one survivor — Na- 
thaniel Xiles, who established the invaluable precedent of 
the first appropriation, of $3,000, in the year just named. 
Ex-Governor Marcus L. Ward, of Newark, was placed on 
the Committee, January 17, 1878, to succeed ex-Governor 
Daniel Haines, of Hamburg, deceased.'- When Governor 
Ward died, April 24, 1884, your speaker was appointed 
(May 14, 1884) to fill the vacancy.*^ Garret D. W. Vroom, 
of Trenton, was named, January 15, i8S5,to take the place 
of William A. Whitehead, deceased,^ and on May 21, 1885, 
the Committee was enlarged from four members to five, by 
the addition of Frederick W. Ricord.' Upon the death of 
ex-Governor Joel Parker, in 1887, Gen. William S. Stryker 
was named in his place (January 24, 1888).'' At the 
meeting of the Society on January 26, 1892, the Hon. 
Nathaniel Niles, the Chairman of the Committee since 
1872, tendered his resignation, but it was referred 
to the Committee, who prevailed upon him to continue 

in the State Library, and 500 copies are given to the Historical Society, in con- 
sideration of its labors in the premises, and its contributions from its collections 
of original documents. 

1 A comprehensive report of the I'ommittce on I'olonial and Revolutionary 
Documents, embracing most of the foregoing details, with many additional par- 
ticulars, was presented to the Society in January. 1895. and is printed in the Pro- 
ceedings. Second Series. XIII.. 132-l:^8. 

- Proceedings, id Series. V.. 50. 

a Ibid.. VIII.. 49. 54. 

4 Ibid.. VIII.. 106. 

•' Ibid., Vllt.. 15(). 

•i Ibid.. X., 1.5. 
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122 

his service two years longer. As he then insisted on 
withdrawing, his resignation was reluctantly accepted, 
and Edmund D. Malsey, of Rockaway, Morris county, was 
chosen as his successor,' and William Nelson, the senior 
member of the Committee in point of service, was elected 
Chairman. The Committee now consists of: William 
Nelson, Garret D. W. Vroom, Frederick W. Ricord, Wil- 
liam S. Stryker, Edmund D. Halsey."- 



PART V. 
Other Work of the Society. 

Lerne nur das Gliick ergreifen. 

Denn das Gliick ist immer Aa.—GoeUie. 

The New Jersey Historical Society has always sought 
to keep in touch with the best sentiment in our State and 
country, interested in gleaning and preserving the annals 
of the past and present. Let me speak briefly of some 
directions in which its efforts have been felt. 
LOCAL HL^TORICAL SOCIETIES. 

In the early days of our Society the project was mooted 
of encouraging local historical societies in the various 
cities and counties of the State. Dr. Lewis Condict offered 
a series of resolutions, November 5, 1846, recommending 
the organization of a historical association in each county, 
"for the purpose of obtaining correct information of the 

1 lliid., XII.. 3: XIII., 137. 

2 Mr. Halse.v died OL-tober 17. 180(3. and Fram-is B. Lee. of Trenton, was appoint- 
ed to succeed him. in January, 1897. 

Frederick W. Ricord died in August. 1897. and Austin Scott, Ph. D., LL. D., 
President of Rutgers College, was appointed to fill the vacancy. The original 
Committee wa* named by the Society, and vacancies were filled in the same man- 
ner. By the new Constitution, adopted in 1897, it is provided that the Committee 
shall be appointed anniially, by the President of the Society. The Committee is 
now (September, 1898.) thus constituted: William Nelson, Garret D. W. Vroom; 
William S. Stryker. Francis B. Lee. Austin Scott, 




EDMUND DRAKE HALSEY. 



early history and settlement of the different sections of our 
State," and formulating a plan of co-operation with this 
Society. The resolutions were referred to the Executive 
Committee, who reported, January 21, 1847, expressing 
doubts as to the expediency of the scheme, and giving 
their reasons plainly and forcibly, the main argument in 
opposition being the belief that such local societies would 
divide the interest that ought to be concentrated in the 
State Society. The Committee's report was concurred 
in.' Mr. Whitehead's successor in the office of Corres- 
ponding Secretary, the late Dr. Stephen VVickes, was an 
ardent believer in local societies as adjuncts to this Soci- 
ety, and securing the endorsement of the Executive Com- 
mittee vigorously pushed the project during his incum- 
bency of that office, issuing circulars and corresponding 
with gentlemen in all parts of the State. He reported, 
January 26, 1886, as a result of his efforts that two Coun- 
ty Historical Societies had been formed — one in Salem 
county and one in Hunterdon county, and that the Middle- 
sex County Historical Society, formed in 1870, which had 
partially lapsed, had been recently revived. Also, that 
there were similar societies in Somerset and in Burlington. 
At the same meeting he presented a carefully formulated 
basis of co-operation with such societies, providing for 
their representation in this Society, etc.- The subject was 
again reported on at the meetings held January 25, 1887, 
January 24, 1888, January 28, 1890, and January 27, 
i89i.'^ Although the results hardly came up to his expec- 
tions, Dr. Wickes always had great faith in the advantages 

1 ProceediiiKs. First Scries. II.. 4. rrj. The kite Williiim A. Wliileliead alwiiys 
adhered to the views e.\pressed by the Executive Committee in this report, which 
he probably drafted. The writer, about 187.5, su^tfested to Mr. Whitehead that 
perhaps such local societies might serve as feeders to the parent Society. Inil Mr. 
W. thoutrht experience had shown that it was difficult enough to support one .So- 
ciety in New Jersey. 

2 Proceedin^js. 2d Series. IX.. 2. :{(). 

••! Ibid.. IX.. n-J: X.. 10: XI.. lH-21. 11. 



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sure to accrue to this Society from the multiph'cation of 
local societies.' 

EXTENDED CENSUS STATISTICS. 

Under the laws as they existed prior to 1875, the State 
decennial census, taken intermediately of the United 
States census, was limited to statistics of the population. 
The Standing Committee on Statistics, of this Society, 
made a somewhat elaborate report at the meeting held 
January 21, 1875, recommending that provision be made 
in the law for gathering data as to the agricultural, manu- 
facturing, mining and commercial interests of the State. 
The Society approved the idea, and as a result a bill drafted 
by a member of the Committee became a law, making it 
the duty of the local assessors to compile such statistics at 
the same time as the data as to population. - 

THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF I 889. 
When the project took shape of celebrating in 1889 the 
centennial of the inauguration of George Washington as 
the first President of the United States, and the institution 
of our Federal Government, on April 30, 1789, this Soci- 
ety, in view of the significant and most important part 
taken by New Jersey in the formation of the National Con- 
stitution, was among the first of kindred organizations to 
manifest a zeal for participating in the proposed demon- 
stration. At the meeting at Newark, May 20, 1886, reso- 
lutions to this end were adopted, and Messrs. Nathaniel 

1 Dr. Henry K. Baldwin, a member of the new Board of Trustees of the Society. 
revived the project at the tirst meetintt of the Board. November 6. 1897. and on 
motion his resolutions were referred to a committee of three— Dr. Henry R. Bald- 
Vifin, William Nelson and G. D. W. Vroom.— who reported at the December meet- 
ing' of the Board, favorably. The Committee has been continued until this time 
(October, 1898). Dr. Baldwin, the Chairman, has been very active in pressing 
this scheme, and has met with considerable encouragement in his efforts. 

- Proceedinirs, 2d Series, IV.. 9. 5-^. The Act in question was approved April 9, 
1875 (Pamphlet Laws. 187.5, p. 97). The Hon. Henry C. Kelsey. the Secretary of 
State, under whose supervision the census was to be taken, conferred with me re- 
peatedly in preparina- the blanks for the additional statistics, thus recofrnizinK 
the part taken by the Society in securing' this legislation. 




ng-'byHB.HolljL-NY 




D APPLETOBr & C? 



— 125 — 

Niles, John T. Nixon, William S. Stryker, Joel Parker and 
William Nelson were appointed a committee to represent 
the Society in the celebration exercises.' The Committee 
immediately put itself in communication with similar bodies 
elsewhere. It reported May 17, 1S8S, "that the celebra- 
tion bids fair to rival any held since that of 1876. As the 
New Jersey Historical Society was the first organized body 
to take action in this State in the matter, and as the affair 
is likely to be on a grand scale, it seems wise to your 
Committee that this Committee should be enlarged, and 
that the participation of other New Jersey organizations 
should be invited." Accordingly, on the Committee's rec- 
ommendation, the President, the Vice Presidents, the offi- 
cers and the Executive Committee of the Society were 
added, and the Committee was authorized to increase its 
numbers from other members of the Society.- Governor 
Robert S. Green, of New Jersey, himself a member of the 
Society, and a descendant of historic families of our State, 
took a warm interest in the contemplated ceremonies, and 
to him the Committee presented an address, embodying 
some suggestions as to the proper proceedings on our soil, 
namely : that President Benjamin Harrison, in coming from 
Washington to New York, to take part in the great display 
there, should, as far as practicable, follow across New Jer- 
sey the route taken by General Washington in 1789, hav- 
ing public receptions at Trenton, Princeton and Elizabeth. 
Further details were carefully outlined in the programme 
proposed by the Committee. The report was received by 

1 Proeeediiif-'s. -Zd Series, IX., 3i. The resolutions were offered l)y Mr. Nelson, 
but the suff^estion c-ame from Mr. Niles, who was unavoiilahly absent. It was Mr. 
Niles who offered the resolutions adopted by the Chamber of Commerce of New 
York, which prepared the way for the National celebration. 

'■i Proceeding's. 2d Series, X,. 51. The additions made were: President, the Rev. 
Samuel M. Hamill. D. D, : Vice Presidents— Jud^re John Clement. Samuel H. Pen- 
nintrton. M, D. : Corresponding .Secretary. Stephen Wickes. M. D. : Treasurer and 
Librarian, Frederick W. Ricord: Executive Committee -Georfre A. Halsey. Rev. 
Geortfe S. Mott, D. D.. John P. Hafreman. Justice David A. Depue. John I. Blair, 
Franklin Murphy. Robert F. Ballantine.— ^'Jid., 15. 127. Practically, the arran^re- 
ments were left with the Committee as originally constituted. 



126 — 

the Society at its meeting at Trenton, January 22, 1889, 
with much enthusiasm, and was cordially approved by in- 
telligent historical students everywhere.^ Eclat was lent to 
the participation of this Society in the demonstration by 
the generosity of Mr. Nathaniel Niles, the Chairman of the 
Special Committee, who placed at our disposal the steamer 
"City of Hudson," for the accommodation of the Society 
and its friends, in the great Naval Parade of April 29.'- In- 
vitations were sent to the Governor, State ot^cers — Legis- 
lative, Executive, Judicial and Military — faculties of the 
principal educational institutions and various organizations 
to become our guests on this occasion. The Local Com- 
mittee of Elizabeth set apart two carriages for eight mem- 
bers of this Society, to act as part of the special escort of 
the President, in the parade at that place, namely : Samuel 
H. Pennington, M. D., of Newark; the Hon. John Hop- 
per, of Paterson ; John F. Hageman. Esq , of Princeton; 
the Hon. John L Blair, of Blairstown; the Hon. Nathaniel 
Niles, of Madison; ex-Mayor Garret D. W. Vroom, of 
Trenton ; the Hon. George A. Halsey, of Newark, and 
William Nelson, of Paterson. The Presidential train ar- 
rived at Elizabeth at eight o'clock, and at the subsequent 
reception many members of this Society were among those 
presented to the President. Then the procession marched 
to Elizabethport, where the President and his party em- 
barked on a Government vessel awaiting them, and the 

1 Proceeclinj?s. 2d Series, X., 127-130. Unfortunately, President Harrison's offi- 
cial engagements were such, attendant upon his recent inauguration, that he was 
unable to spare the time requisite for carrying out fully the above programme, 
which would have occupied two days, and he was obliged to hasten by train 
through the State, pausing only for brief receptions on the morning of April 29, 
1889, at the .State House, at Trenton, and at the residence of Governor Green, at 
Elizabeth. 

2 The cost of chartering the steamer for the day was $800. But one other mem- 
ber of the Committee was aware that Mr. Niles furnished this vessel at his own 
expense, and the fact has never been divulged until now. Mr. Erastus Wiman 
generously offered to bear half the expense of the steamer, but Mr. Niles would 
not consent. Mr. Wiman then insisted on providing the collation for the guests 
on board, at a cost of 4<12.'>. 



guests of the Historical Society took possession of the 
"City of Hudson," which was assigned an exceHcnt posi- 
tion in the parade, so that her passengers saw all that was 
to be seen from the decks of the most favored vessels in 
the line. The whole affair gave no little prestige to our 
Society, and has left a delightful memory in the recollec- 
tion of all who had the good fortune to participate in its 
pleasures.' 

THE CENTENNIAL MEDAL. 

Out of this notable event grew another movement, which 
in the end furnished the special feature of to-day's cele- 
bration. Mr. Nathaniel Niles was so enthusiastically in- 
terested in the Federal Centennial that he was full of the 
subject. On his motion the Society, on January 22, 1889, 

ResoUed, That a medal be struck by this Society, cominemorative of the 
Centenuial of the Inauguration of Washington as the first President of the 
Uriited States, and of the adoption of the Federal Coustitutiou, and that a 
committee of three, together with the President, be appointed by this Soci- 
ety, to select designs for the die and to arrange for the striking of such a 
medal, in gold, silver and bronze. 

Messrs. Nathaniel Niles, Clifford Stanley Sims and Gar- 
ret D. W. Vroom, and the President, the Rev. Dr Samuel 
M. Hamill, were appointed the Committee.'- They report- 
ed, January 28, 1890, having substantially agreed upon a 
medal similar in design to that distributed at the Paris Ex- 
position ot 1889, a fine specimen of which was presented 
by Mr. Niles. That gentleman at the same time offered a 
resolution, which was adopted, looking to the award of the 
Centennial Medal as a prize in the public schools of the 
State, "to the youth sustaining the best examination upon 
the history of New Jersey."-' At the meeting in Newark, 

1 For a detailed report of the Committee, see Proceedings. 2d Series. X.. 18.5- 
11)7. See also ibid.. 171-2. 179. The writer's pleasurable sensations on this occa- 
sion were somewhat modified by his responsibilities. Mr. Niles havintr placed the 
steamer "City of Hudson" under his orders for the day -his tirst and last experi- 
ence as commander of such a vessel. 

2 Proceedings. 2d Series. X., 131. 
■1 Ibid.. XL. 17. 



— 128 — 

May 19, 1892, the Committee submitted "for the inspec- 
tion of the members and friends of the Society present, the 
die and two specimens of the medal, one in silver and one 
in bronze. They were greatly admired as of the most ex- 
quisite workmanship, and Mr. Niles was warmly compli- 
mented on the success which had crowned his efforts to se- 
cure the production of a medal which would be creditable 
to the Society."' At the next meeting, at Trenton, Janu- 
ary 24, 1893, it was stated by the committee that "the dies 
cost $560, of which $400 had been privately contributed, 
and the Committee hoped to obtain Irom private sources, 
an amount sufficient to enable them to present the dies to 
the Society without expense."'- This expectation was 
realized a few weeks later, when the dies were presented to 
the Society, together with a specimen of the medal in sil- 
ver and one in bronze, in a letter dated Newark, June 14, 

1893, addressed to the Hon. John Clement, President of 
the Society, the donors being Robert F. Ballantine, Abram 
S. Hewitt, John I. Blair, Nathaniel Niles, John H. Ballan- 
tine, G. D. W. Vroom, and William Nelson.-^ The Com- 
mittee made its final report to the Society January 23, 

1894, when the foregoing letter was submitted also, to- 
gether with a detailed description of the medal. The de- 
sign was by Tiffany & Co., and the dies were executed by 
Tardier, who engraved the present seal of the United 
States. The obverse bears the head of Washington, after 
the Houdon bust, surrounded by the legend, "Washington 
Centennial Medal, New Jersey Historical Society, 1789 
April 1889." On the reverse appears the seal of the Soci- 
ety, and the motto, from the writings of Washington, 
"Above all things hold dear your National Union," all sur- 
rounded by a wreath of leaves of the laurel and the oak.^ 
On motion of Mr. Niles it was resolved to "hold one medal 

1 Ibid., XI., 164; XII. (54. -' Ibid.. XII., liO. 

•i Ibid,, XIII.. (i. 4 Ibid.. (j-K 




Pr.jt. WOODROW WILSON, I'll. D., LL, D. 



129 — 

in reserve once in five years for each county in the State, 
and that such medals may be donated annually by mem- 
bers of the Society in their respective counties, and offered 
as a prize in the free public schools of the State, at a com- 
petitive examination on the history of New Jersey."' Reg- 
ulations were provided for the disposal of other copies, and 
for a register of the same, and it was further 

Resolved, That in carrying out the resohition of this Society, passed the 
twenty-second day of Jauuiirj', 1889, Number 1, now being struck in gold, 
be presented to ex-President Benjamin Harrison, President of the United 
States during the Centennial year of the Constitution, at such time and place 
as the Executive Committee may arrange. That medal No. 2 be in silver, 
and that it be presented to the Hon. IJobert S. Green, who was the Governor 
of New Jersey during said Centennial year. That such presentation be made 
at a time and place to be fixed by the Executive Cmnmittee of this Society.- 

By a most happy combination of circumstances, it has 
been arranged that the presentation of this gold medal 
shall be made to-day, whereby the Semi-Centennial cele- 
bration of the New Jersey Historical Society has been 
given, in a measure, a National character. •' 

1 The followinff tjentlemen immediately volunteered U> assume the expense of 
furnishing the medals for their respective counties: 

Bergen— William M. Johnson, of Hackensack. 

Burlington— Clifford Stanley Sims, of Mt. Holly. 

Cape May— Francis B. Lee. of Trenton. 

Essex— Charles Bradley, of Newark. 

Mercer- Garret D. VV. Vroom, of Trenton. 

Morris— Henry C. Pitney, of Morristown. 

Passaic— William Nelson, of Paterson. 

Warren— George M. Robeson, of Ciimden.—P rocreainr/s. 2d Series. XIII.. m. 

2 Proceedings. 2d Series. XIII.. fl. At the same meeting it was resolved 'ihal 
the net proceeds of the Centennial medals be reserved and set apart as a Medal 
Fund, to be devoted solely to the purposes mentioned in the report of the Com 
mittee on Centennial Medals." The thanks of the Society were also voted to the 
members of the Committee, and one of the silver medals was ordered to be pre- 
sented to each of them.—ItJid.. !i- 10. On May 17. 1894. a copy in bronze was voted 
to -each of the contributors to the cost of cutting the dies for said medal, the cost 
thereof to be charged to the Medal Fund."— /&(ci.. (')?. 

3 The exercises were held in the Essex Lyceum, in Newark, in the presence of 
an audience of more than one thousand specially.invited guests, including many of 
the most distinguished people in the State. Ex-President Hari-ison arrived about 
three oclo -k. being escorted from the station by Messrs. Franklin Murphy. Na- 
thaniel Niles and F. Wolcott Jackson. The gold medal was presented to him by 
Austin Scott. Ph. D.. LL. D.. President of Rutgers College, in an eloquent ad 
dress, entitled -'A Highway of the Nation," replete with allusions tr) New Jersey's 

17 



— 130 — 

Standing here to-day, after a career of fifty years, and 
welcoming, as we do, the distinguished ex-President of the 
United States, and a host of the most noted men and 
women of our State, besides many from neighboring Com- 
monwealths, we feel that the New Jersey Historical Society 
has a record of work done which it can confidently spread 
before its guests, sure of their interest, their approval, their 
sympathy. Its beginnings were small. Its first efforts were 
feeble. Its pace has sometimes halted. Yet its progress 
has been steadily onward and upward. Its objects appeal 
to the few, rather than to the many. Still fewer are those 
who can give or take the time needed to further its inter- 
ests, in these days when the world is ever increasing its 
demands upon us to fill the duties of to-day, and to pre- 
pare for the morrow. The multitude have neither time 
nor inclination to learn the lessons taught by the experi- 
ence of others. They must needs learn from their own. 
Too seldom, indeed, do they hearken to the teachings thus 
acquired, at oh, so great a cost! To the philosopher, the 
historian, the statesman is relegated the task of delving in 
the musty lore of the past to gather up the lessons taught 
by the days of yore. Not all unheeded are these lessons. 
There come times when the voice of some one rises above 
the din of the madding crowd, even like the prophets of 
old, and men are compelled to pause, to listen, to heed, as 
they are reminded of what their forefathers did or suffered 
in times gone by, under circumstances that are forever be- 
ing paralleled in the world's history; and so at times they 
are led to imitate the wisdom and to avoid the errors of 
the men of the olden days. 

The Historical Society gathers and preserves the annals 
of the past, and of To-day, which in a few hours will be 

part in the fornuitlon of the Niitiotuil Constitution ;ind Government. General 
Harrison made a felicitous response, after which he held an informal reception on 
the platform, before leaving for New York city. The occasion was vei-y j<enerally 
reported in the newsij-.ipers throu'-rhoul the country. 



— 131 — 

numbered vvitli the Yesterdays. This material is and will 
be the inspiration for those warning voices that here, there, 
everywhere, are upliftinf]^ men to higher planes of action, 
to loftier vistas of human life and endeavor. "Teach noth- 
ing in the schools," said Erasmus, "but what bears on life 
and duty." Pope declares that 

Tlic pr<i]H'r study of niwiikiml is iii;iii. 

Where can you pursue that fascinating study better than 
among the books, nay, among the manuscripts,' in our col- 
lections? Here are the inedited journals, the diaries, the 
letters of men and women in every walk of life, since the 
first settlement of New Jersey, revealing the loves, the 
hates, the jealousies, the stern endurance, the sturdy patri- 
otism, the religious fervor, the noblest yearnings of hun- 
dreds who have long since passed away, but who have left 
behind them these pages traced by their own hands. How 
near it brings them to us ! How real history becomes under 
such associations ! It seems easier to heed what these peo- 
ple tell us, whose identity, whose individuality thus stands 
out in the words they have penned. 

But how can these treasures be preserved — nay, how 
can they be gathered in full measure — without a proper 
home for our Society? 

How can they be properly cared for without funds for 
the support of the Society? 

How is it possible to publish what we have, and what 
we hope to get, unless there is an adequate Publication 
Fund? 

Is not a Library Fund essential for the proper custody, 
the cataloguing and the increase of our noble collection of 
books? 

Our gallery of portraits is small, but of great value, and 
would be largely extended if we had proper accommoda- 
tions for them.- 

1 A list of the principal collections of manuscripts is appended. 

2 For a catalojrue of the Portraits, see appended Notes. 



— 132 — 

The rare and curious articles that often throw strange 
light on the manners and customs of former times ; the 
objects that are closely associated with historic personages 
and events — these need cabinets, and the cabinets need 
room. 

Surely it is not too much to hope that this semi-centen- 
nial anniversary, auspicious and altogether delightful in its 
beginning, may be the harbinger of even brighter and 
more prosperous days in the future for our New Jersey 
Historical Society, and that the people of the whole State 
may feel and manifest a sympathy in its aims that at no 
distant day will result in giving it the home it so sorely 
needs, and the generous maintenance merited by its noble 
scope and aspirations. 



NOTES 



Manuscript Collections. 

The followiug are some of the luore importaut collections of manuscripts 
in OUT library', with ilates of presentation, and references to further de- 
scriptions of them : 

Papers of John Feuwick, relating to his personal affairs and to his Colony 
ill Salem Tenth. :\Iay 7th, 1845; September 3, iSiG.—Proceedinr/s, I., 9, 19, 
80, 198. 

Life of the Eev. William Tenuent, by Thomas Henderson, ^[. D. Sep- 
tember 4, ISio.—Ib., L, 73. 

Copies of the Stirling Papers. September 4, 18-15. — lb., I., G5. 

Papers of Lewis ^lorris and Robert Hunter Morris. November 6, 1845: 
May 19, 18G4.— 76., L, 99, 112, 113; IX., 197. 

Journal of Dr. Ebenezer Elmer, January, 1776, to March, 1777, and June- 
August, 1779. January 15, 1846.— 7i., I., 125. 

Extr.acts from the diary of Col. Jacob Spicer, of Cape May, 1756-1762, a 
bound volume of 300 pages. September 3, 184.6.— lb., I., 141, 200. 

Original Draft of the Fundamental Constitutions, 1683. May 27, 1847. — 
lb., II., 89. 

Letter-book of William Peartree Smith. 1781-83, containing also Laws and 
Ordinances of the Borough of Elizabeth, 1760, and Charter of the Borough, 
1730. May 27, 1847.-/6., II., 89. 

Manuscripts of Samuel Smith. September 13, 1849. — lb , IV., 102, 
117; VIII., 40, 126. 

Manuscripts of Gen. Elias Dayton. May 16, 1850.-76., V., 5. 

Copies of Papers of Gov. Jonathan Belcher. May 20, 1852.— 76., VI., 
65, 68, 75, 155, 157; VII., ], 49. 

Original instructions of surrender by the Proprietors to the Crown in 1702. 
May 19, 18.^)3.-/6, VII., 12. 

Original memorials, letters and communications presented to the Xew 
Jersey Provincial Congress, 1775-1776. May 18, 1854.— /6., VII., 85, 88. 

Original instructions of William Peua and others to the commissioners 
sent by them in 1676 to arrange their financial differences with John Feu- 
wick. May 18, 1854.— 76., VH., 89. 

Papers of Robert Fulton, relating to steam navigation, torpedoes, etc. 
January 17, 1856.— 76., VIII., 4. 

Papers of Ferdinand John Paris. May 17, I860.— /6., IX , 27. 

Rutherfurd Manuscripts. .May 15, 1862; May 16, 1867.-76., IX, 107; 
Second Series, I., 26. 



— 134 — 

Papers of llobert Erskine, of Ringwcod. September 25, 1856; January 
15, 1863.— iZ»., VIII., 41; IX., 146; Peroral Series, I.. 148. 

Papers relating to the boundaries between East and West Jersey, and be- 
tween New Jersey and New York. May 15, 1862.— /6., IX , 107. 

Original Minutes of the Provincial Congress on June 22, 1776. January 
18, 1^11.— Proceedings, Second Series, I., 173. 

Whitehead Manuscripts. May 21, 1885.— ii., VIII., 154, 176-177. 

Papers relating to location of lands in Cape May, by Dr. Daniel Coxe. 
January 26, 1886.— i/x, IX., 9. 

Lindsley Manuscripts. January 27, 1891.— 7/>., XI., 103. 

Edwin Salter Manuscripts. January 27, 1891.— /6., XL, 114. 

In addition to the foregoing, in our collections, may be mentioned : 

List of the Kutherfurd Manuscripts. — Proceedings, I., 75. 

Some account of the Papers of Governor William Livingston. — lb., VIII., 
115; IX., 2, 5, 24; Second Series, XIIL, 136. 

Manuscripts of Alfred Vail, relating to the invention of the electric tele- 
graph —lb.. Second Series, V., 4-6; XL, 103. 

The Tuttle Manuscripts, as they might be termed, comprise a large 
amount of manuscript notes gathered by the Rev. Dr. Joseph F. Tuttle, re- 
lating to the Revolutionary history of Morris county, being principally the 
recollections of aged inhabitants of that county. They are neatly written, 
labeled, numbered and tied up in bandies. 

Allusion has been made to the numerous Order Books, Diaries and Journ- 
als of officers and soldiers relating to the Revolution. 

Donations of Special Interest. 

The Society has from time to time been made the recipient of gifts to its 
Library, of great interest. A few of the more notable are here set down : 

1852, May 20— From the Rev. Stephen Dod, of East Haven, Conn., but 
formerly of Bloomfield, N. J., a perfect file of the Sentinel of Freedom, a 
weekly newspaper of Newark, 1796-1852, a period of fifty-five and a half 
years, bound in volumes. — Proceedings, VI., 63. 

1852, May 20 —From the Rev. Dr. Murray, a lot of early New Jersey 
newspaper tiles. — lb., 83. 

1859, May 19— From his widow, the uniform and chapeau of Cnpt. James 
Lawrence, U. S. N., presumed to have been worn by him in his fatal engage- 
ment on the Chesapeake, June 2, 1813.— 26., VIIL, 151; IX., 9. 

1860, May 17— From E. T. Hillyer, son of the Rev. Dr. Hillyer, of 
Orange, the study chair of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Macwhorter, pastor of 
the First Presbyterian church of Newark for many years prior to 1809. — lb., 
IX., 27. 

1863, January 15— From the Rev. Dr. J. F. Tuttle, of Morris county, 140 
bound volumes and nearly 1,000 pamphlets, principally relating to New Jer- 
sey, presented by Dr. Tuttle when about removing to Crawfordsville, Indi- 
ana, to assume the Presidency of Wabash College.- /6., IX., 136. 




■,y,^„^/,/ ,V'>i/-y .'.>>.^^':. I'^,yn»',/ '-':-^r.,/,^«.y 



' J3 

1S77, May 17 — From the estate of ilurcus Williams, deceased, a collec- 
tion of Indian feather ornaments, etc., obtained by Mr. Williams while on au 
expedition up the Amazon river. — Ih., Second Series, V., 6. 

1878, January 17 — A collection of nearly 500 specimens of Confederate 
currency. — lb., V., -18. 

1887. January 25 — From Sainael H. Hnot, of Newton, a set of Niles's 
Weekly Kegister, in 59 volumes. — lb , IX., 109. 

1890, May 15 — From Dr. M. H. C. Vail, a file of the Newark Morning 
Ilegister, iS volumes.— i//., XI., 2 (CG). 

1893, May 18— Photographs of ancient tombstones in the Old Burying 
Ground, Newark.— /^<., XII., 180. 

This list might be indefinitely extended. 

Portraits. 

Our collection of portraits is small, but includes some of interest and 
value. Among them are the following: 

Andrus, Isaac, of Newark, Major in the War of 1812, and Brigadier Gen- 
eral of Militia at the time of his death. He was born in Newark, Feb. 4, 
1774, and died there, Feb. 27, 1850. 

Barron, Thomas, formerly of Woodbridge, N. J., painted b\" Durand. 
See Proceedings, 2d Series, IV., 121. 

Burr, Aaron, Vice President of the United States, jiaiuted by Gilbert 
Stuart. This portrait has a remarkable history, which was related to the 
Society, May 18, 18G5. -ProceeiUi);/g, 1st Series, X.. 50, 170. 

Clay, Henry, painted by Cafferty, of New York, in 1847. Presented to 
the Society by S. Alofsen, May 16, 1867.-76., 2d Series, I., 48. 

Crowell, Edward, formerly of Newark. — Jb., X., 123. 

Cumming, the liev. Hooper, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, 
Newark, 1811-1815; afterwards at Schenectady, at Albany, and in the Van- 
dewater street church. New York. Presented by his daughter, Mrs. Jacob 
Van Arsdale, of Princeton, Jan. 21, 1875.-//)., 2d Series, IV., 17. 

Day, Matthias W. , Cashier for mauy years of the Mechanics' Bank. Newark. 

Drummoud, Kobert, a merchant at Acquackanonk (uow Passaic), before 
the Revolution; he joined the British in 1776, and was commissioned Major 
of the Second Battalion, New Jersej' Volunteers (Loyalists); he died in Lou- 
don, 1783. (See History of Paterson, I., 453.) Also portrait of his wife, 
-lannetje Vreeland, of Acquackanonk These are pastels, and were be- 
queathed to the Society by Allan Cluss. of Paterson, a great-grandson of Ma- 
jor Drummond. They were received October 7, 1898. See Proceedings for 
October 26, 1898, 3d Series, II., — . 

Frelinghuysen, Theodore, the eminent statesman ; Chancellor of the Uni- 
versity of New York, 1839-1850; President of Rutgers College. 1850-1861. 

Haines, Daniel, Governor of New Jersey.— 76., 2d Series, XL, 17; XII., 3. 

Holden, Captain Levi, of Newark, and of his wife. — Jb., 1st Series, X., 13. 
(Mrs. Holden was Hannah Flympton, born at Sudbury, Mass., July 27, 1730.) 



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Horublower, Joseph Coerten, Chief Justice of New Jersey, 1832-1846, aud 
President of the Society, 1845-1865. 

Joy, Colonel Edmund L., of Newark.— i/^, 2d Series, XII., 180. 

Lawrence, Captain James, of the U. S. Navy, paiuted by Gilbert Stnart, 
and presented to tbe Society January 24, 1888. — lb., 2d Series, X., 13. 

McDowell, the Rev. John, pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Eliz- 
abeth, 1804-1833; Central Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, 1833-1845; 
Spring Garden Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 1845-1863. 

Murray, the Eev. Dr. Nicholas, of Elizabeth.— //*., X., 123. 

Ogden, Mrs. Frances Barber, and child, painted in water colors, on ivory, 
by Sir William Newton, painter to Queen Adelaide of England. Presented 
January 22, 1889.— /6., X., 123. 

Prime, the Rev. Irenaus, distinguished editor and writer. A pastel. 

Schuyler, Colonel Peter, the famous hero of the French and Indian War, 
in 1756-1759. Presented in 1847. -lb., 1st Series, II., 71. 

Stockton, Richard, United States Senator from New Jersey; a pistel. 

Whitehead, William A. — apparently uutiuished 

There is a curious old painting of a Dutch family— husband and wife, 
five sons and two daughters — which was bought about 1830 in New York by 
Matthias W. Day, of Newark, who supposed that it was intended to represent 
Henry Hudson aud his family, though that is obviously improbable. — lb., X., 
155. 

To this list may be added mention of 

Bust of the Princess Pauline Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte, 
exquisitely wrought by Canova, in Cararra marble; it formerly adorned the 
residence of her brother, Joseph Bonaparte, ex-King of Spain, at B )rden- 
town. Presented January 22, 1889.-76., 2d Series, X , 122. 

Bust of ex-Governor William A. Newell. — lb., XL, 103. 

Abstract of Title 

Of the New Jersey Historical Society to Lot on the north side of West Park 
street, Newark. [This also covers the adjacent plot of the Newark Libra- 
ry Association, which that corporation purchased from the Trustees of the 
Park Presbyterian Congregation in Newark.] Furnished by the Fidelity 
Title aud Deposit Company, Newark, N. J. 

(No. 1.) 

Warranty Deed, dated May 23, 
Samuel March, and Sarah, 1796. Ack'd Aug. 2, 1797. 

his wife, Recorded Aug 16, 1797, in Essex 

to County Clerk's office, in Book C of 

James Murray. Deeds, p. 326. 

Consideration, £800. 
Conveys premises in Newai-k, being a dwelling house and lot on Main 
Street, bounded south by Caleb Baldwin's house lot; Beginning at eastern- 



J/ 



most corner of said Balil win's lot on Broad Street; thence along line of 
said Baldwin's lot to Samuel Ball; thence— along Ball's line to lot of Miss 
Hatfield 6G Iks. ; thence— along said Hatfield's East to Broad Street ; thence 
— along Broad 81 Iks. to the place of Beginning. Containing 41-100 acres 
more or less. 

(No. 2.) 
James Marry, 
to 
Archer Gifford, in trust to pay out 

of the rents and profits of said i)rcm- 

^nr, rn 1 * T I 11 AT Deed, dated July 18, 1801. Ack'd 

ises .'fiG2.50 yearly to Isabella Murray, *' 

■f f . f ., « . , 1 ■ July 19, 1802. 
wife of party of the first part during 

,., f . , M « , , wi Bec'd Aug. 11, 1802, in Book C, 

life of party of the first part and the o > > 

remainder of the rents and profits of ' ' 

., . . 11 ^ TT Consideration, $1. 

said premises to pay equallj' to Han- 
nah Blackford, Jane T. Darning, 
James Murray and William Murray, 
children of party of the first part. 

Conveys premises in the Town of Newark, (No. 1) on the Main Street and 
bounded on the South bj' Caleb Baldwin's house lot. Beginning at the East 
corner of said Baldwin's lot ou the Broad Street ; thence along line of said 
Baldwin's lot to land of Samuel Ball; thence along Ball's line to land of Mrs. 
Hatfiekls 66 Iks. ; thence along line of said Hatfields lot East to Broad Street; 
thence along Broad Street to the Beginning, 81 Iks. Containing •41-100 acres 
more or less. 

(No. 3.) 

Sheriif's Deed, dated Jan nary Gtli, 
Nathan Squire, Shfif. 1812. Ack'd Jan. 31st, 1S12. 

to Recorded Apl. 4th, 1821, in Book 

Caleb Sayres. L 2, pp. 170-5. 

Cons., $3. 
Conveys premises in Newark: On the West side of Broad Street, belong- 
ing to children of James Murray and at present occupied by Joseph Teu 
Brook. Containing 41-100 Acres Bounded ou the East l)y Broad Street; on 
the West by Back Streetl ; on the North by laud late of ]\Ir. Hatfield, now of 
George Hobdys; on the South bj' Richard Leaycraft. 

Recites:— James Murray to Archer Gifford, in trust for children of stiid 
James Murray. 

Sheriff seized ou all the right, title and interest of above laml, but grant 
conveys all Real Estate whereof Defendant was seized on Augast 7tb, 1811. 

Sold by virtue of a Writ of issued out of the Court of Common Pleas, 

dated 4th Tuesday of Jane, 1811, in a certain Action wherein William Mur- 
ray was Plaintiff or Complainant and Edward Blackford, brother in law of 
Complt. was Defendant. 

1 Now Halsev street. 
18 



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(No. 4.) 

^,. , , ^ Bargain aud sale deed, Gov. vs. 

John Ars, aud Ehzabetn G. _ , 

°'" Grtr. 

nis wiie, ])j^ted Nov. 1st, 1821. Ack'd 

dauehter of Hannah Blackford, ^, ,„, ,„^, 

° Nov. 13th, 1821- 

,J'° ,, , Kec'd Nov. 14th, 1821, in Book K 

Edward D. Black ord, 3^^_3^3 

also written Edwd. E. "^i; . .^^ 

Cons., $500. 

Conveys undivided 1-fi part of same premises as in No. 3. 

Recites Nathan Sqnier, Sheriff, to Caleb Sayre, January 6th, 1812. 

Will of William Murray, January 9th, 1813. 

Said lands bought by said Sayre at Sheriff's Sile (L 2-170) at request of 
William Murray for his iise and under an Agreement made with William 
Miirraj', that whenever William Murray his heirs, executors, administrators, 
should pay to said Sayre, the consideration mentioned in said deed, together 
with other money etc., then said Sayre would convey to such person or per- 
sons in fee simple etc. as said William Murray would direct in recited Will. 

(No. 5.) 

Bargain and sale deed, dated 
Edward D. Blackford, May 2d, 1827. Ack'd May 16th, 1827. 

to Rec'd May 16th, 1827, in Book W 

Francis G. Blackford. 2, pp. 391-2. 

Cons., $750. 
Conveys undivided 2-G part of premises same as in No. 3. 

(No. 6.) 

Elias A. Van Arsdale 

and 

Josiah James 

Exrs. of Caleb Sayrs, 

parties of the first part, 

*° Deed, dated May 28, 1833. Ack'd 

Luther Goble, party of the second _ „ -.ono 

June 6 1833. 

part, Frances G. Blackford, Elizabeth ^ ,j ^ c, -,ooa ■ -o t r\ o 

' ' . , „. Kecd June 21, 1834, in Book Q 3, 

G. Agg, wife of John, William B. „„-. 

"" p. 392. 

Blackford, George D. Blackford, sur- ^ ., ^. ^j.. , 

,.',, °^- T -n, 1 r I Consideration, $1. 
vivmg children of Edward Blackford, 

and Hannah, his wife, parties of the 
third part, and Edward Blackford and 
Hannah, his wife, Executors of Wil- 
liam Murray, parties of the fourth 
part. 

Parties of the first part release to parties of the third part premises in 
Newark. (No. 3). 



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(No. 7.) 

Edward Blackford, and Hannah, ^^'-''•" ^°'' -^'^^^ ^^^'^' '^''^^^ '^^^y 

his wife '^1- 1^'^^- ^^'^'^^ J"'y 2^^ 1«27. 

' (.g Rec'd July 2i, 1827, in Book W 2, 

Francis G. Blackford. p. 512. 

Consideration, f 920. 

Conveys all parts or shares of parties of the first part to premises in Town 
of Newark. (No. 3.) 

(No. 8.) 
Hannah Blackford, 
widow of Edward Blackford, and Warranty deed, dated March 27, 

daughter of James Murray, deceased, ^^^^- ^^^''^ ^^'"'^^ -7, 1849. 

^Q Kec'd Jan. 11, 18.j0, in Book D 7, 

Trustees of the Park Presbyterian P" 
Congregation in Newark. Consideration, $9,000. 

Conveys premises in Newark, Beginning on the West side of Broad Street 
extending therefrom to the East side of Halsey Street, being about 54 feet 
front on Broad Street and 45 feet front on line of Halsey Street. Bounded 
South by formerly Caleb Baldwin, now Ephraim Bolles; North by Mrs. Mary 
Hetfield, deceased. 

Recites No. 1, to James Murray. James Murray died. 

Being same that belonged to James Murray, father of party of the first 
part and occupied by him in his lifetime and after his death by his widow 
until her death. 

(No. 9.) 

The Trustees of the Park Presby- Warranty deed, dated Oct. 1, 1849. 

terian Congregation in Newark, ^^'^^'^^^ ''^^"- ^' l^^O. 

^Q Rec'd Jan. 11, 1850, in Book D 7, 

Enoch Bolles. ^' „ 

Consideration, $9,000. 

Conveys same premises described in No. 8. 

Recites:— Same conveyed by Mrs. Hannah Blackford to party of the first 

part, March 27, 1849 (D 7-94). 

Note:— Proof not signed by Secretary. 

(No. 10.) 

AlvanHedden, and Elizabeth, his ,,??Ti^.'l7^' '^'*"^ ^'"'"^ ^^• 
wife, and Samuel Utter. ^'f " ^''''' ^^^'^ ^^ 18^9- 

^^ Rec'd June 25, 1849, in Book A 7, 

Enoch Bolles. ^' ^'^'^' 

Consideration, $10,0u0. 

Conveys premisss in Newark, Bagiuniug at the Northeast corner thereof in 
line of Broad Street on the West side of the large Military Common and at 
the South-east corner of laud belonging to the Estate of Jesse B. Pitt or for- 



— 1 40 ^ 

merly so, dow to Isaac Meeker; thence South 25 deg. West 55 feet 4 inches; 
thence North 59 deg. West 380 feet 9 inches to Halsey Street; thence North 
27 deg. 30 min. East 42 feet 10 inches; thence South 61 deg. East 344 feet; 
thence South 62 deg. East 3G feet to Broad Street and place of Beginning. 
Bounded North by hinds formerly belonging to Estate of Jesse B. Pitt, de- 
ceased, now to Isaac Meeker, and lauds late of General Thomas Ward, now of 
party of the first part. 

Recites:— Book P 3, p. 176. 

(No. 11.) 

Isaac Meeker, and Jane M., his Deed, dated April 4, 1849. Ack'd 
wife, April 4, 1849. 

to Ree'd April 7, 1849, in Book Z 6, 

The Trustees of the Park Presby- p. 256. 
terian Congregation. Consideration, $400. 

Conveys premises in Newark, Beginning in the South line of lands owned 
by John Morrisi 100 feet from the West line of Broad Street opposite Military 
Common as said line of Broad Street has been established by authorities of 
the City of Newark; thence South parallel with said established line of said 
Street 39 feet more or less to land of Alvan Hedden and Samuel Utter; 
thence West along line of said Hedden and Utter 87 feet more or less to land 
of Alvan Hedden; thence North along Hedden's line 3S feet 8 inches to land 
of John Morris; thence along line of said Morris 87 feet more or less to the 
place of Begiuniug. Bnng rear part of lot conveyed in recited deed after, 
reserving a lot 100 feet running back from the line of Broad Street as estab- 
lished by public authorities of the City of Newark. 
Recites:- Book N 6, p. 215. 

(No. 12.) 

Deed, dated Oct. 1, 1849. Ack'd 
Enoch Bolles, ^ „ .,„.^ 

Jan. 3, IboO. 

,^°, ,, , „ , Rec'd Jan. 11, 1850, in Book D 7, 

The Trustees of the Park Presby- 

terian Congregation in Newark. ' ' . c.,. ocn 

° Consideration, f6,250. 

Conveys premises in Newark, Beginuing in the North line of a new street- 
now or about to be laid through Ephraim Bolles and James Murray and to 
run from Broad to Halsey Street 100 feet 3 inches from the corner of said 
new street and Broad Street, also intended to be 100 feet at right angles from 

1 John Morris and Betsey his wife conveyed a small lot to Samuel Morris, by 
deed dated Aug. 15, 1806; ackn"d Feb. 38. 1809; recorded March 6, 1809. in Book O. 
p. 464. Cons., %0. 

John Morris also conve.ved a tract ad.ioining the above to Thoma.s Morris, son 
of John Morris, by deed dated Oct. 12, 1807: acknowiedtred Feb. r'8. 1809; recorded 
March 9, 1809, in Book O, p. 474. Cons., $100. 

2 Now West Park street. 



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the West line of Broad Street as same is or may be established by the public 
authorities of the City of Newark; thence parallel with Broad Street North 27 
deg. 55 min. East 74 feet 9 iuches more or less to the South Hue of party of 
the secoul part as iu Z 6- 256; theace West along same 87 feet more or less 
to the Southwest corner of said conveyed lands; thence North along the 
West line of snme 38 feet 8 iuches to John Morris; thence West along same 
87 fest more or less to a point ex,\ctly 100 feet Exst at right augles from the 
East line of Halsey Street; thenca South parallel with Hulsey Street 108 feet 
8 inches to said new street; thence South 57 deg. 55 min. East along said 
new street 176 feet 11 inches more or less to the place of Beginning. 

Also so much of land embraced in said new street as lies between East 
and West line of lot above described until same stinkes North line of Ephraim 
Bolles. 

(No. 13.) 

rri rr , f .1 T^ 1 T. 1 '^^^'^' '^^ted Sept. 30, 1851. Ack'd 

The Trustees ot the Park Presby- 

terian Congregation in Newark, t^ ,-,\t i -r^ ^c.r-^ ■ r. , ^- „ 

^ Eec d Mch. 19, 1852, m Book X 7, 

*° p 24 

Matthew Ely. 'consideration, $1,800. 

Conveys premises iu Newark, Beginning in the North line of Park Church 
Placel at corner of land conveyed by Enoch Bolles to P. W. and A. D. Smith ; 
thence along said street North 57 deg. 55 min. West 30 feet; thence North- 
east parallel with the Eist wall of Church of party of the first part 113 feet 
more or less to line of land late of John Morris; thence along above line 
Southeast to the Northwest corner of Isaac Meeker; thence along said 
Meeker and said Smith's lines South 27 deg. 55 min. West 113 feet 9 inches 
more or less to the place of Beginning. 

(No. 14.) 

Deed, dated May 21, 1852. Ack'd 
Matthew Ely, and Calista, his wife, May 29, 1852. 

to Kec'd June 4, 1852, iu Book Z 7, 

William Kankiu. p. 361. 

Consideration, $2,000. 
Conveys premises in Newark, being same as described in No. 13. 

(No. 15.) 

wii- i>„ 1 ■ 1 ti- -1 1 • Deed, dated Jan. 16, 1855. Ack'd 

William llankm, and Abigail, his ^ ,„ „ 

' " Jan. 17, 1855. 



wife, 

to 
New Jersey Historical Society 



Rec'd Jan. 17, 1855, iu Book 207, 
p. 55. 

Consideration, $2,500. 
Conveys premises in Newark, being same as described iu No. 13. 



1 Now West Park street. 



142 — 



The New Jersey Historical Society in the Centen- 
nial Naval Parade, April 29, 1889. 

List of invited guests of the New Jersey Historical Society, on Steamer 
"City of Hudson," from Elizabethport. 



Hon. Robert S. Green, Governor, 

Roberts. Green, Jr., Private Secretary, 

Hon. Henry C. Kelsey, Secretary of State, 
" Joseph D. Hall, Assistant Secretary of State, 
' ' John J. Toff ey. Treasurer, - - . 

" Edward J. Anderson, Comptroller, 
" John P. Stockton, Attorney General, 

General William S. Str^'ker, Adjutant Gsueral, 
■' Lewis Perriue, Quarter Master General, 

Hon. Alexander T. McGiU, Chancellor, 
" John T. Bird, Vice Chancellor, - - - 

" Abraham V. Van Fleet, Vice Chancellor, 
" Henry C. Pitney, Vice Chancellor, 
" Benjamin F. Lee, Clerk Supreme Court, 
" Allan L. McDermott, Clerk in Chancery, 
" John H. Stewart, Chancery Reporter, 
" Garret D. W. Vroom, Law Reporter, 
" Morris Hamilton, State Librarian, 
" E. O. Chapman, Supt. Public Instruction, 
" John H, Patterson, Keeper N. J. State Prison, 
" George H. Cook, State Geologist, 
" James Bishop, Chief of Labor Bureau, 
' ' Lawrence T. Fell, Factory Inspector, 

Dr. E. M. Hunt, Chief of Bureau of Vital Statistics, 

Hon. Mercer Beasley, Chief Justice Supreme Court, 
" Manning M. Kuapp, Associate Justice, 
" Edward W. Scudder, Associate Justice, 
" Bennet Van Syckel, Associate Justice, 
" David A. Depue, Associate Justice, 
" Alfred Reed, Associate Justice, 
" Jonathan Dixon, Associate Justice, 
" William J. Magie, Associate Justice, 
" Charles G. Garrison, Associate Justice, 
" Hendrick H. Brown, Lay Judge, 
" John Clement, Lay Judge, . . - 

'• Jonathan S. Whittaker, Lay Judge, 
" Martin Cole, Lay Judge, . . . 

" John McGregor, Lay Judge, 
" Edward Burrough, Pres. State Board Agriculture, 



Trenton 



Jersey City 

Trenton 

Flemington 

Morristown 

Trenton 



New Brunswick 

Trenton 

Orange 

Trenton 

<( 

Hackensack 
Trenton 

Newark 

Trenton 

Jersey City 

Elizabeth 

Camden 

Old Bridge 

- Haddonlield 

Millville 

Montague 

Newark 

- Merchantville 



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Hon. George A. Hiilsey, Pres. Board Morristown Asylum, 

James L. Hays, Pres. Board Trustees State Noi-mal School, 



Newark 



John R. McPherson, U. S. Senator, 

Ruf US Blodgett, U. S. Senator, 

Christoi:)her A. Bergen, M. C , 

James Buchanan. M. C, 

Jacob A. Geisseuhaiuer, M. C, 

Samuel Fowler, M. C, 

Charles D. Beckwith, M. C, 

Herman Lchlbach, M. C, 

William :\[oAdoo, M. C, 

Robert Adraiu, 

Philip P. Baker, 

John W. Bogert, 

William H. Carter, 

George T. Cranmer, 

William D. Edwards, 

Moses K. Everitt, 

John J. Gardner, 

Walter S. Learning. - 

John Mallou, - . . 

Augustus F. R. Martin, 

James L. Miller, - - . 

Henry M. Nevius, 

William Newell, 

George Pfeiffer, 

Joseph B. Roe, - - . 

John D. Rue, 

Peter D. Smith, - - - 

Lewis A. Thompson, 

George T. Werts, 

]\Iartin Wyckoff, 

John Carpenter, Jr., 
John P. Flynn, 
John McCormick, 
Hon. Andrew J. Bale, 
" Moses Bigelow, 
" Richard Brown, 
" Thomas S. Chambers, 
" Reuben Cheeseman, 
" Eugene C. Cole, 
" Ephraim Cutter, 
" George C. Davis, 
" Abram De Ronde. 
" Peter T. Donnelly, 



Belle Mead 
Long Branch 
Camden 
- Washington, D. C. 
Freehold, N. J. 
Newton, N. J. 
Paterson, N. J. 
Newark, N. J. 
Jersey City 
New Brtinswick, N. J. Senate 
Vineland, " 

Hohokus, ' ' 

Bordentown, " 

Barnegat, 

Jersey City, ' ■ 

Flemingtou, " 

Atlantic City, " 

Cape May City, •' 

Paterson, ' ' 

Newark, " 

Westfield, 

Red Bank, " 

Salem, " 

Camden, " 

Woodbury, '• 

Trenton, " 

Waterloo, ' ' 

Sonierville, N. J. 

Morristown, (President) N. J. Senate 

Asburj', ' ' 

Clinton, (Secretary) " 

Salem, (Assistant Secretary) " 

Camden, (Serg't-at-Arms) •' 

- Pleasant Valley, N. J. Assembly 
Newark, ' ' 

- Jersey City, " 
Trenton, " 

- Millville, " 
Seaville, ' ' 

- Woodbridge, " 
Wrightstown, " 

- Englewood, ' ' 
Jersey City, " 



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Hon. William H. Darou, 

' ■ Lawrence Fagan, 

" Edward P. Farrell, - 

'■■ John P. Feeney, 

" Judson C. Francois, 

" John Gill, 

'' Jonathan Goble, Burrsville, 

' ' Albert Hausell, 

" Chas. F. Harrington, 

" John Harris, 

'' Wm. C. Heppenheimer, 

•' Ohas. B. Herbert, 

" Archibald A, Higgins, 

" Geo. H. Higgins, 

" John I. Holt, 

'■ Eliphalet Hoover, 

" Shepperd S. Hudson, 

" Robert S. Hadspeth, 

" Leonard Kalisch, 

" Daniel M. Kane, 

" James Keys, 

" Jacob Klotz, 

'■ Fred'k C. Marsh, 

" Wm. H. Martin, - 

•' Frank M. McDermitt, 

" Thomas McGowaa, 

' ' Carnot B. Meeker, 

'' Samuel B. Mutchler, 

" Wm. S. Naughright, 

" John Norris, 

" James F. Norton, 

" Patrick H. O'Neill, 

" William F. Paterson, 

" Edward B. Potts, - 

" Richard A. Price, 

" Adrian Riker, 

" Joseph Schmelz, 

" John Schroth, 

" Ariel T. Scudder, 

" Adam C. Smith, - 

" Thomas W. Trenchard, 

" Reuben Trier^ 

" Lawrence H. Trimmer, 

" John Ulrich, 

" Foster M. Voorhees, -' 



Vincentown, N. J. Assembly 

Hoboken, " 

East Newark, " 

Jersey City, " 

West Hoboken, " 

Orange, '' 

Burrsville, " 

Rancocas, " 

Lyndhurst, " 

Camden, " 

Jersey City, " 
New Bruuswick, " 
Manasquan, 

Clementon, '' 

Paterson, " 

Washington, " 

Mays Lauding, " 

Jersey City, " 

Newark, " 
New Bruuswick, " 

Paterson, " 
Belle Mead, 

Elizabeth, " 

Frenchtown, " 

Newark, ' ' 

Bloomfield, " 

Madison, " 

Phillipsburgh, " 
Middle Valley, 

Rockawfvy 
Jersey City 
Jersey City, N. J. Assembly 
Chapel Hill, 

Imlaystown, " ' 

Newark, ' ' 

Newark, ' ' 

Newark, " 

Trenton, " 

Trenton, " 

Camden, " 

Bridgeton, " 

Newark, " 
Middle Valley, 

Plainfield, " 

Elizabeth. '' 




Rev. GEORGE S. MOTT, D. D. 



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Hon John C. Wood, - 

" Wm. W. Welch, 

" James West, 

" Geoi-oe W. Wiedenmayer, 

" Cliiirles T. Woodward, 
Johu J. Miittbews, - 
James E. Connelly, 
P. H. Cornisb, 

Mnj. General Josejjh W. Plume, aud ten Staff Officers, 
Briu. Geu. Dudley S. Steele and nine Staff Officers, - 



Ceutretou, N. J. Assembly 

Paterson, 

Bridgetou, 

Newark, 

Patersun, 

Elizabetb, (Clerk), 

Jersey City, (Ass. Ck). " 

Newark, (Sergt.-at-Arms). 

Newark 
Jersey City 



Brig. Gen. William J. Sewell aud nine Staff Officers, - Camden 

Rev. Dr. S. M. H imill, Pres. N. J. Hist. Soc. and seven members, Trenton 

Mr. J. C. Pampelly, Sec. Soc. Sons of the KevohUiou aud seven 

ii^ember?, Morristown 

Mr. Frauds Birber Ogden, Sec. Soc. Ciucinuati and fifteen mem- 

'J-?'*- - - - - . 113 Broadway. N. Y. City 

:SIr. Jonathan W. Koberts, Washington Headquarters Ass'n and 

seven members, Morristown 

Col. Edmund L. Joj', Military Order Loyal Legion aud twenty- 
three members, - - - . . 

J. Frauk Jennings, Grand Master I. O. O. F. an 1 seven Grand 
Officers, ---... 

Charles M. Mann, Graud Master F. & A. M. aud seven Graud 

<^ffic""-'' Haddouheld 

Capt. William B. E. xMiller, Dept. Commander G. A. R. aud .seven 

Dept. Officers, - - . . . Camden 

Gen. E. Biird Grubb, Philadelphia City Troop aud forty-four 

members of the Troop (local address. Edgewater Park, 



Newark 



Newark 



N. J. ), 

Hon. Rodman M. Price, ex-Governor, 
" Joseph D. Bedle, ex-Governor, 
" George C. Ludlow, ex-Governor, 
•' Leon Abbett, ex-Governor, - - - . 

'• E. A. Wilkmson, Pres. State Agricultural Soc, 
" N. S. Rne, Pres. Reform School, - 
•• Rudolphus Bingham, Pres. Industrial School, 
Col. Henry M. Sawyer, Commissioner of Siukiug Fund, 
Hon. John H. Laird, Commi.ssiouer of Siukiug Fund, 

Bennington F. Ranlolpb, Pre.s. Riparian Commission 
" Edward Bettle, Pres. State Board of Assessors, 
Rt. Rev. Bishop Scarborough, - - . . 

" " Starkey, - . . . 

OFarrell, - . . . 

Wigger, - - . . 

President of Princeton College, - - . . 

19 



Philadelphia, Pa 
Ramapo 

- Jersej' City 
New Brunswick 

- Jersey City 

Newark 

Cream Ri-^ge 

Camden 

Trenton 

Trenton 

Trenton 

Camden 

Trenton 

- Orange 

Trenton 

Newark 

Princeton 



146 — 



President of Rutgers College, - - - 

Seton Hall College, 
" Drew Theological Seminary, 

" Princeton Theological Seminary, 

" Peddie Institute, - - - 

" Pennington Seminary, 

Wm. Nelson, ----- 
Maj. H. W. Adams, 

Dr. S. H. Pennington, - - - 

Dr. Stephen Wickes, . - - 

Hon. F. W. Ricord, - - - - 

'■ Joseph E. Haynes, - - . 

" Mayor Grier, . . - - 

" Nathan Barnert, 

" G. A. Hobart, - - - . 

" J. B. Cleveland, . . - 

" Thos. T. Kinney, - . . 

'' John F. Hageman, . - - 

" John I. Blair, - - - - 

Rev. Geo. S. Molt, D. D., 
Dr. Henry Race, . - - - 

A. A. Vance, _ - . . 

Hon. George Wurts, . - - - 

" John Hopper, - - - 

Wm. M. Hunt, Press Register, 
Noah Brooks, Advertiser, - - - 

Maj. Z. K. Pangborn, 
Col. J. Madison Drake, 

Howard W. Hnyes, - . - - 

Robert F. Ballantine, - - - 

Wm. Clark, ----- 
Hon. John T. Nixon, Judge U. S. District Court, 
Prof. Austin Scott, - . - . 

" Henry C. Cameron, - - - 

" Alexander N. Johnson, - - - 

Rev. Geo. S. Bishop, ... 

" Aaron Lloyd, - . . - 

Ernest E. Coe, - - - _ 

Hon. Joseph Coult, 

Geo. G. Halstead, - - - - 

Rev. Wm. M. Hughes, 
Charles C. McBride, Joiirnal, 
John Y. Foster, - - . . 

John L. Murphy, - - - - 

C. M. Herrick, .... 



New Brunswick 

Grange 

Madison 

Princeton 

Hightstown 

Pennington 

Paterson 

- Elizabeth 

Newark 

Orange 

Newark 

Newark 

Elizabeth 

Paterson 

Paterson 

- Jersey City 

Newark 

Princeton 

Blairstown 

Flemington 

Pittstown 

- Morristown 

Paterson 

Paterson 

Newark 

Newark 

Jersey City 

- Elizabeth 

Newark 

Newark 

Newark 

Trenton 

New Brunswick 

Princeton 

Princeton 

Orange 

Belleville 

Newark 

- Newark 

Paterson 

Morristown 

Elizabeth 

Newark 

Trenton 

Paterson 



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E. K. Bird, 

Siunicksou Chew, 

Geo. F. Spinuey, Times, 

A. L. Briil<^man, Press Ass'u, - 

E. L. (loclkiu, Eveuiuf^ Post, 

J. M. Buuily, Mail aud Express, 

Henry Loweutbal, Times, 

Kev. John Hall, D. D., 

Rev. T. A. NelsoD, D. D., 

Hon. Thomas Nelson, 

William Nelson Johnston, 

Sayres (). Nichols, 

William Cloke, 

Hon. K. Wayne Parker, 

Wm. Strange, 

President Board of Trade, 

E. L. Dobbins, 

Cbas. (Jr. Eockwood, 

Albert Baldwin, 

J. Hart Bruere, 

Joseph H. Bruere, 

Edward M. Douglass, 

L. H. Roberts, 

Rev. Geo. H. Whitney, D. D., 

Hon. W. W. Marsh, - 

Gen. James F. Rusliug, 

Henry A. Potter, 

Rev. John H. Butterworth, 

Wm. John Potts, 

Rev. Edwin E. Butler, 

Robert A. Grannis, 

Hon. F. H. Lum, - 

Rev. Robert Aikman, - 

Hon. Mr. Coursen, 

Rev. Otis G. Glazebrook, 

Edward J. Hall, Jr., 

Jeremiah Baker, 

B. Williamson, Jr., 

Rev. G. R. Crooks, D. D., 
" John Miley, D. D., 
" James Strong, D. D., 
" Henry A. Buttz, D. D., 
" F. S. Upham, D. D., 
John M. Young, 



Hackensack 
Camden 

- New York 
New York 

- New York 
New Y'^ork 

- New York 

Trenton 

Brooklyn 

Indianapolis 

Indianapolis 

Newark 

Trenton 

Newark 

Paterson 

Jersey City 

Trenton 

- Newark 
Newark 

- Newark 
Trenton 
Trenton 
Newark 

Madison 

Hackettstown 

Schooleys Mountain 

Trenton 

- Orange 
Summit 
Camden 
Madison 

Morris Plains 

Chatham 

Madison 

Morristown 

Elizabeth 

Morristown 

Madison 

- Elizabeth 

Madison 



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Enos Wilder, ...... Madison 

Hon. Alfred Mills. . _ . . . Morristown 

Dr. Calvin Anderson, ------ Madison 

Rev. John McNaugbtou, - - . . Morristown 

General Greene, - . . - - . " 

Hon. Nathaniel Niles, ----- Madison 

Erastiis Wiman, - - - _ . - Staten Island 

Rev. Dr. Merritt, ------ Morristown 

James Nelson, .-_-.. Montreal 

Charles H. A. Nelson, - - - - - - " 

The Centennial Medal. 

The test or "strike," being the first medal struck bj' Tiffany & Co., from 
the die, was of the following dimensions : 

Diameter, ------ 60 mm. 

Thickness, wide edge, ----- .075 mm. 

Weight, silver, ----- 89f dwts. 
" bronze, about the same. 1 

After the first medal was struck it was discovered that there was an error 
in the quotation from Washington, which read: "Above all things hold fast 
your National Union," whereas it should have read "Above all thiugs hold 
dear your National Union." The mistake was corrected in the die. 

On December 16, 1893, there were struck for the Society, from the same 
die, at the United States mint, in Philadelphia, twenty silver and fifty bronze 
medals, the dimensions being as follows :'- 

Diameter, - - - - - - 2 0-16 in. 

Thickness, ------- 3-16 in. 

Weight when struck in fine gold, - - - 4.95 oz. 

" *' " silver, - - - - 3. 16oz. 

" " " copper bronze, - - 3.55 oz. 

The cost of the dies was as follows: 
Paid Tiffany & Co., for designing aud iengraving, - - f!456.00 

". " " " changiug the w-ord ''fast" to "dear, " - 40.00 

Total cost of dies, ----- $496.00 

The cost of the medals struck was as follows: 

One gold medal, ------- $131.60 

Paid U. S. Mint, for silver and bronze medals, - $189.00 

express charges, - - - - - 1.25 ■ 

for blank book for record of medals, - - 5.00 

for printed receipts, - - - - 2.00 

for numbering medals, - - - - 4. 75 

$202.00 

$829.60 

1 These data were given me by Tiffany & Co., in a letter of August 24, 1898. 

2 These details were furnished b.v Henry K. Boyer, Superintendent of the Mint, 
in letters of August 33, 1898. and Sept. -29. 1898. 



149 — 



The Committee received the foUowiuj,' coutributious toward the cost of 
the dies : 

llobert F. Ballautine, Newark, - - - $100.00 

Johu I. Ulrtir, IJlairstowu, ----- 100.00 

John H. ]>alliiutiue, Newark, - - - - lOO.OO 

Nathaniel Niles, Madison, ----- 100.00 

Abram S. Hewitt, New York, - - - - 25.00 

Garret D. W. Vroom, Treutou, - - . - 25.00 

William Nelson, Taterson, - - . - 25.00 

$475.00 
Contributions toward cost of gohl medal: 

L. Spencer Goble, Newark, - - - $10.00 

Garret A. Hobart, Patersou, - - - - lo.dO 

William Nelson, Patersou, - - - 10.00 

Nathaniel Nile?, Madison, - - - - 10.00 

William 11. Weeks, Newark, - - . 10.00 

Received from sale of medals, - - - - 



Excess of cost over receipts, i 



50.00 
134.50 

$Go9.50 
170.10 

$829.60 
of their 

2 copies 
copy 

copies 
copy 



The following is a list of subscribers to the medals,- in the order 
subscriptions : 

William Nelson, Paterson, 1 silver, 1 bronze, 

William A. Eighter, Newark, - - - . 

Samuel A. Farrand, Newark, . . - . 

William R. Weeks, Newark, 1 silver, 2 bronze, 

Elias Vosseller, Flemiugton, - . - . 

Josiah Collins Pnmpelly, Union League Club, N. Y., 

Mrs B. Williamson, Jr., Elizabeth, 

C. L. Traver, Trenton, - - - - 

Franklin B. Levis, Mt. Holly, - - . - 

Dr. James B. Burnet, Newark, - - . 

Edmund D. Halsey, Morristown, - - - - 

Garret D. W. Vroom, Trenton, - - - 

Frank O. Briggs, Trenton, - - - - 

Edwin A. Ely, 103 Gold street. New York, 

John P. Hutchinson, Bordeutowu, silver, 

Hiram E. Deats, Flemiugton, 1 silver, 1 bronze, - 2 copies 

Henry R. Cannon, M. D , Elizabeth, - - - l copy 



1 This deficiency has been assumed by Mr. Nilc> 
toward the Centennial Medal Fund. $280.10. 
- Proceedintrs. -.'d Series. XIII.. -lo. 



makiiisf his total contribuiion 



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Edward B. Sterliug, Trentou, ... 1 copy 

Clifford Stanley Sims, Mt. Holly, silver, - - - 1 " 

Bradford Historical Society, England, silver, - 1 " 

Braintree (Mass.) Historical Society, silver, - - 1 " 

A silver medal (No. 2) was voted by the Society to Gov. Eobert S. Green, 
of New Jersey, and was presented to his family after his death. A silver 
medal was also voted to each member of the Committee on Centennial Medal, 
and a copy in bronze to each contributor toward the cost of the dies. The 
following is an approximately correct list of the medals subscribed for and of 
those ordered to be presented, alphabetically arranged : 



Harrison, Benjamin, 


- 


Gold 


Green, Eobert S., 


- 


Silver 




Silver 


Bronze 


Ballantine, John H. , 


1 




Ballantine, Robert F., - - - - 


1 




Blair, John I., - 


1 




Bradford (England) Historical Society, 


1 




Braintree (Mass.) Historical Society, 


1 




Briggs, Frank 0., 






Burnet, Dr. James B., . - - 


- 




Cannon, Dr. Henry E,., 






Deats, Hiram E., - 


1 




Ely, Edwin A., - - - - ■ 






Farrand, Samuel A., 


- 




Halsey, Edmund D., - 


- 




Hamill, the Eev. Dr. Samuel M., - 


1 




Hewitt, Abram S., - 


1 




Hutchinson, John P., 


1 




Levis, Franklin B., . - - . 


- 




Nelson, William, i - - - - 


2 




Niles, Nathaniel, 2 . . - . 


1 




Pampelly, Josiah Collins, 


- 




Eighter, William A., - - - ■ 






Sims, Clifford Stanley, ... 


1 




Sterling, Edward B., - 






Traver, C. L., 


- 




Vosseller, Elias, . . . . 






Vroom, Garret D. W,, 


2 




Weeks, William E., 


1 


2 


Williamson, Mrs. B., Jr., - 


- 


1 



16 20 



1 Also the silver test or " strike." 
-' Also the bronze test or " strike.' 




WILLIAM RAYMOND WEEKS. 



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Vol. II. Proceedings, 1846-47: Proceedings of the government of New 
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judges, clerks, sheriffs, surrogates, and attorneys of Salem County, N. J. ; 
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Vol. VL Proceedings, 1851-1853: Letter from Robert Morris, 1781; 
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Jersey in 1778; An inquiry into the location of Mount Ployden, the seat of 
the Raritan King, by George C. Schanck; Review of the trial of Rev. Wil- 
liam Tennent for perjury, in 1742, by Richard S. Field; Selections from cor- 
respondence of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling; The uses and benefits of 
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sau, by E. Armstrong; The Pennsylvania insurrection of 1794, by James 
Caruahan, D. D. ; Report on the site of Fort Nassau ; The discovery of 
America by the Northmen, by C. C. Rafu; The history and location of Fort 
Nassau upon the Delaware, b3' Edward Armstrong. Newark, 1853. 8vo., pp. 
(4), 212. 

Vol. VII. Proceeding.s, 1853-1855: Letter of "Pierwim, ye Sachem of 
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Biographical sketch of Geu. William Winds, by J. F. Tattle; Selections 
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Vol. VIII. Proceedings, 1856-1859: Drawings and papers of Robert 
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staff officers of New Jersey regiments in the Revolution;, Appointment of 
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in 1778; Female suffrage in New Jersey, by W. A. Whitehead; A brief his- 
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Vol. IX. Proceedings, 18f)0~1861: Transcripts of S. Smith, continued; 
Marriages of Friends in Philadelphia, 1682-1714; Origin of the name 
"Pavonia," by S. Alofseu; Memoir of Samuel J. Smith, with some reminis- 
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20 



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napolis, September 14, 178fi; List of Honorary, Corresponding and Resident 
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Vol. I. Proceedings, 1867-1869: Pedigree of Governor Carteret; Staten 
Island and the New Jersey boundary; Eegimental returns and brigade orders, 
Haddonfield, Bordentown, Morristown, December, 1776, and January, 1777; 
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B. Franklin, Oct. 9, 1780; Notes on the State of New Jersey, 1786, by John 
Eutherfurd; Letter from Col. W^ S. Livingston to Aaron Burr, July 10, 1782, 
congratulating him on his marriage; Officers of Col. Peter Schuyler's regi- 
ment, 1759; Letter from Gen. Washington to Kev. Samuel Haven, March 
10, 1787; Inscriptions on tombstones at Ringwood; Grant from Berkley 
and Carteret to the people of Woodbridge and Samuel Moore, 1672; Life 
and character of James Parker, by R. S. Field; lieview of some of the cir- 
cumstances connected with the settlement of Elizabeth, N. J., by W. A. 
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1783, by J. Eutherfurd. Newark, 1869. 8vo., pp. (4), 188. 

Vol. II. Proceedings, 1870-1872: Early history of Morris County, by J. 
F. Tuttle: Sketch of Rev. Barnabas King, by J. F. Tuttle; Obituary notice 
of Daniel V. McLean; Memoir of Andrew Kirkpatriek, by J. G. Wilson; 
Memoir of R. S. Field, by A. Q. Keasbey ; History of the first constitution of 
New Jersey, by L. Q. C. Elmer; Letter from Morgan L. Smith on David G. 
Burnet; The New Jersey church of Warren County, Ohio, by A. D. Schenck; 
Why New Jersey is called a foreign country; Communication fiom C. C. 
Haven upon the Uuited States llag; The flag of "Le Bon Homme Richard," 
by Miss Sarah Smith Stafford; Memoir of the life and character of John Euth- 
erfurd, by R. S. Swords; Circumstances attending the election of William 
Pennington, of New Jersey, as Speaker of the Thirty-sixth Congress, by J. 
T. Nixon. Newark, 1872. 8vo., pj). (4), 226. 

Vol. III. Proceedings, 1872-1874: Monmouth County during the provin- 
cial era, by Joel Parker; Old Fort or Block House at Trenton, by C. Megill; 
Passages from the journals of Manasseh Cutler, referring to New Jersey, Penn- 
sylvania and Ohio in 1787-88; Sketch of Dr. Jabez Campfield, of Morris- 
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County, by William Nelson; Letters from Richard Stockton to John Ruth- 
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Vol. IV. Proceedings, 1875-1877: Origin and signification of geo- 
graphical names in Monmouth and Ocean counties, by Edwin Salter; 
An interesting memento of Major Andre, by William Nelson; Fragmentary 
history of the New Jersey Indians, by Samuel AUinson; Life and character 



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of Hou. William L. Dayton, by Joseph P. Bnxlley; Biographical sketch of 
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Vol. Y. Proceedings, 1877-1879: Centennial celebrations in the .State; 
Life and public services of John Cleves Symuies, by C. H. Winfield; First 
century of Hunterdon County, by G. S. Mott; Letter of Mrs. William 
Franklin, Februarys, 1776; Resting place of the remains of Columbus, by 
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on Brothertou Indian Lands in Burlington, by Robert Gilchrist; Names of 
families of Little Egg Harbor of whom the genealogy has been published; 
The bones of Columbus, by R. S. Swords; Memoir of Joseph Henry, by J. 
C. Moffat. Newark, 1879. 8vo., pp. (4), '2U8. 

Vol. VL Proceedings, 1879-1881: Memoir of Hev. R. K. Rodgers, by 
Rev. George Sheldon ; Character and employments of the early settlers on 
the seacoast of New Jersey, by A. H. Brown; Letter from archbishop of 
Santo Domingo, relating to the remains of Columbus; Origin of the pension 
laws; Account of two maps of America, published in 1550 and 1555, by 
Henry Phillips, jr. ; Letters on the old forest that once stood in the marsh be- 
tween Newark and Bergen Hill; Hiberuia furnace and the surrounding 
country in the Revolutionary war, by J. F. Tuttle. Newark, 1881. 8vo., 
pp. (4), 182. 

Vol. VIL Proceedings, 1882-83: The bi-centeunial of the purchase of 
East New Jersey by the proprietors, by A. Q. Keasbey; Memoir of Capt. 
Eliakim Littell, of Essex County, N. J., by S. Littell; Memoir of Brig. Gen. 
Aifthony Walton White, by Anna M. W. Woodhull; Taxes and money in 
New Jersey before the Revolution, by R. Wayne Parker; Josiah Hornblower 
and the first steam engine in America, with some notices of the Schuyler cop- 
per mines at Second River, and a Genealogy of the Hornblower Familj', by 
William Nelson; Sketch of the life of Gen. William Irvine, by G. W. 
Howell; Memoir of the Gardiner family of West Jersej-, by S. Littell. New- 
ark, 1883. 8vo., pp. (4), 276. Portrait. 

Vol. VIIL Proceedings, 1884-85: Sketch of the life of L. Q C. 
Elmer, by William E. Potter; Memorial of Samuel Allinson, "the phi- 
lanthroi>ist of New Jersey," by John F. Hageman; the strategic relations 
of New Jersey to the war for American independence, by H. B. Carringtou ; 
Sketch of the life and character of William A. Whitehead, by S. L Prime; 
Judge Bayard, of New Jersey, and his London diary of 1795 96, by J. G. 
Wilson. Newark, 1885. 8vo., pp. (4), 226. 

Vol. IX. Proceedings, 1886-87: Life, character and services of Fred- 
erick T. Frelinghuysen, LL. D., by J. F. Hageman; Some notices of Gov- 
ernor Joseph Bloomfield, by William Nelson; Jonathan Pitney, tifjy years of 



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progress in Soutli Jersey, by Allen H. Brown; A historical sketch of Miss 
Jennie McCrea, by Henry Eace; Marcus Lawrence Ward, by F. W. Ricord; 
The early cities of New Jersej', by Austin Scott; The founding of Patersou, as 
the intended manufacturing metropolis of the United States, by W. Nelson ; 
Contributions to the early history of the Reformed Dutch Church of Second 
River, by Aaron Lloyd; Historic Old Tennent, by R. C. Hallock; Sketch 
of the Schooley family, by B. White; Sketch of Col. Oliver Spencer. New- 
ark, 1887. 8vo., pp. (4), 260, xi. Two portraits and map. 

Vol. X. Proceedings, 1888-89. The Hessians in New Jersey, by A. D. 
Mellick, jr.; Joel Parker, "The war governor of New Jer.sey," by J. S. 
Yard; The first minister of Orange, N. J., 1718, by Stephen Wickes; 
Martha J. Lamb, the historian, by Mrs. F. H. Pier.sou; Our French allies in 
the Revolution, by J. C. Pumpelly; Report on the centennial of the Federal 
government. Newark, 1890. Svo., pp. (4), 208. 

Vol. Xr, Proceedings, 1890-1891: Report of executive committee on the 
origin of the Society, with list of officers, 1845-1890; Rev. Samuel McClin- 
tock Hamill, D. D., a memoir, by Rev. Samuel M. Studdiford, D. D. ; 
John T. Nixon, memoir, by A. Q. Keasbey: George H. Cook, memoir, by 
James Neilson; Dr. Stephen Wickes, a memoir, by Joseph Parrish, M. D. ; 
August Hermann. Bohemian, 1605-1080, by James Grant Wilson; Mahlou 
Dickerson, industrial pioneer and old-time patriot, by J. C. Pumpelly; Con- 
tributions to Hunterdon County history, by Henry Eace, M. D. ; Memoir of 
Joseph Parrish, M. D., by Samuel H. Pennington, M. D. ; Greenland in 
New Jersey, a historical sketch of the Moravian settlement in Sussex Coun- 
ty, 1768 to 1808, by Henry Race, M. D. Newark, 1892. 8vo., pp. (4), 205, 
xiv. Portraits. 

Vol. XII. Proceedings, 1892-1893: Donations to the Library in 1891, of 
books relating to New Jersey; Rev. Alanson A. Haiues, by Edmund D. Hal- 
sey; Autobiography of Cob Aaron Ogden, of Elizabethtown; Sir George Car- 
teret, lord proprietor of New Jersey, with a notice of the isle of Jersey, and 
a 'brief sketch of Lord John Berkley, by William Nelson; The first pottery 
in New Jersey (1085); The early days of the Newark Academy, extracts from 
old newspapers, gleaned by Wm. Nelson; Abraham Coles, a character sketch, 
by F. W. Ricord; List of resident members of the Society, Jan. 1, 1893; 
Books relating to New Jersey, published in 1892; Mr. Justice Bradley, of the 
United States Supreme Court, by Cortlandt Parker; The Rev. Jacob Green, 
of Hanover, N. J., as an author, statesman and patriot, by Joseph F. Tuttle, 
D. D. Newark, 1894. 8vo., pp. (4), 250. Two portraits. 

Vol. XIII. Proceedings, 18S4-1895: Report of Executive Committee; 
Necrology; Report on Centennial Medal; Extension of Society's charter; 
Notes, Queries and Replies; Some Unpublished Revolutionary Manuscripts; 
List of freeholders of the County of Essex, 1755 ; Books relating to the his- 
tory of New Jersey, published in 1892-1893; Extracts from Trinity Church 
Records, Newark, 1746-1815; Subscribers to the Centennial Medal; Samuel 



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Spicer aud his desceudants, with some notices of the early settlements of Cam- 
deu and Cape May Counties, by John R. Stevenson :\I. D. ; The Great Seal of 
New Jersey, by Francis Bazley Lee; lieport of Executive Connnittee, arrau|^e- 
ments for the Society's semi-centennial; Necrology; Notes, Queries aud Re- 
plies; Some Unpublished Revolutionary Manuscripts; List of the freeholders 
of :M'iddlesex, aboiat 1750; memoir of George A. Halsey, by William T. Hunt; 
William Maxwell, of New Jersey, brigadier general in the Revolution, by J. 
H. Griffith. M. D. ; Necrology; Report of Committee on Colonial and Revo- 
lutionary Documents; Notes, Queries and Replies; Books relating to New 
Jersey History and Biography, published in 1894 ; Some Uupublished Revo- 
lutionary Manuscripts; Some records of the French in Elizabethtowu, by 
Mrs. EmeliueG. Pierson; Notes, Queries and Replies; Proceedings at Semi- 
centennial Celebration of the Society; Fifty Years of Historical Work m 
New Jersey, address by William Nelson, with bibliography of the Society ; 
A Hi-hway of the Nation, address by Austin Scott, in presoiting gold cen- 
tennial medal to ex-President Benjamin Harrison; Response, by ex-President 
Harrison; The Course of American History, by Woodrow Wilson. Paterson, 

1898. 8vo., pp. (4), • 

III. COLLECTIONS. 
Vol. I. East Jersey under the proprietary governments; a narrative of 
events connected with the settlement aud progress of the province, until the 
surrender of the government to the crown, in 1702. Drawn principally from 
original sources. ^ By William A. Whitehead. With an appendix, containing 
"The model of the government of East New-Jersey, in America/' by George 
Scot, of Pitlochie. Now tirst reprinted from the original edition of iGSo. 
[Newark.] l846. 8vo., pp. viii, (2), 341. Maps. 

Same. Second edition, revised aud enlarged. Newark, 1875. 8vo., 

pp. viii. (2). 486. Maps. 

Vol. IL The life of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling; major general 

in the army of the United States, during the Revolution : with selections from 

his correspondenes. By his grandson, William Alexander Duer, LL. D. 

New York, 1817. 8vo., pp. xvi, 272. Portrait. Plans of Battles. 

Vol. III. The provincial courts of New Jersey, with sketches of the 
bench and bar. A Discourse, read before the New Jersey Historical Socie- 
ty, by Richard S. Field. [With appendix, containing instructions to Lord 
Cornbury; Lord Cornbury's Commission; Lord Cornbury's Ordinance for es- 
tablishing courts of Judicature; Gov. Robert Hunter's Ordinance for estab- 
lishing courts of Judic'iture within the Province of New Jersey, April 17, 
1714;°Governor William Burnet's Ordinance for regulating the courts of Ju- 
dicature in the Province of New Jersey, April 23, 1724; other Ordinances 
by Governor Burnet, August 21, 1725, and Feb. 10, 1728.J New York, 1849. 
8vo., pp. xi, (1), 311, (1). 

Vol. IV. The papers of Lewis Morris, governor of the province of New 
Jersey, from 1738 to 174G. [Edited, with introductory memoir, and connect- 



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icg narrative, by William A. Whitehead.] New York, 1852. 8vo., pp. xxxii, 
333. Publications of the Society, pp. 334-5. Portrait of | Col. —uot Gov. — ] 
Lewis Morris. 

Vol. V. An analytical index to the colonial documents of Kew Jersey, in 
the state paper ofBces of England. Compiled by Henry Stevens. Edited, 
with notes, and references to printed works and manuscripts in other depos- 
itories. By William A. Whitehead. New York, 1858. 8vo., pp. xxix, (3), 
504. 

The appendices contain: A — List of Council minutes in the State Pa- 
per OtHce, London; B — Catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, and other Publica- 
tions referring in whole, or in part, to New Jersey during the Colonial Period, 
exclusive of the public documents of the State; C — Titles of the several edi- 
tions of the Laws of New Jersey, including Revisions, Compilations, and Di- 
gests; D— List of Newspapers in New Jersey prior to 1800, with the date of 
their first publication; E — Notices of some of the Public Records, &c. 

Vol. VI. Records of the town of Newark, New Jersey, from its settle- 
ment in 1666, toils incorporation as a city in 1836. Newark, 1864. 8vo., 
pp. X, 294. Folded plan. [Appendix: Officeholders, 1666-1713; Indian 
bill of sale to the Newarke men, July 11, 1667; Deed from the East Jersey 
Proprietors, Dec. 10, 1696; Town Patent or Charter, April 7, 17i3.] 

Vol. VI. Supplement. Proceedings commemorative of the settlement 
of Newark, New Jersey, on its two hundredth anniversarj'. May 17, 1866. 
Newark, 1866. 8vo., pp. 182. Plan. 

Contents: Historical memoir of the circumstauces leading to and con- 
nected with the settlement of Newark, May, 1666, by W. A. Whitehead; Lyr- 
ical poem, by Thomas Ward; Oration, by William B. Kinney; Genealogical 
notices of the first settlers of Newark, by S. H. Cougar; Notes; Appendix: 
Preliminary and attendant circumstances; Synopsis of letters received; Pro- 
ceedings of the city authorities. 

Vol. VII. The constitution and government of the province and State of 
New Jersey, with biographical sketches of the governors from 1776 to 1845, 
and reminiscences of the bench and bar, during more than half a century, 
by Lucius Q. C. Elmer, LL. D. Newark, 1872. 8vo., pp. (2), viii, 6, 495. 

IV. THE NEW JERSEY ARCHIVES. 

[Half-title:] Archives of the State of New Jersey. First Series. [Full 
title:] Documents relating to the colonial history of the State of New Jer- 
sey. 

Contents. 

Vol. I. 1631-1687. Edited by William A. Whitehead. Newark, 1880. 
8vo.. pp. xxiii, 556. 

Vol. II. 1687-1703. Edited by William A. Whitehead. Newark, 18S1. 
8vo. , pp. xxi, 559. 



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Vol III. Adiuiuisti-atious of LorcU Corabiu y aud Lovolace, aud of Lien- 
teDaut-Goveruor Ingoklsby, 1703-171)".). Eilitcl by William A. Whitehead. 
Newark, ISSl. Svc, pp. xiii, oTi. 

Vol. IV. Adiniuistvatious of Govoiuov Robert Huuter aud rrci-ideut 
Lewis Morris. 1709-1720. Edited by William A Whitehead. Newark iSS'i. 
iSvo., pp. XV, 4G1. 

Vol. V. Admiuistratious of Gove'nioi- Bnruet, Governor Moutt^ouierie, 
President Lewis Morris, Governor Cosby, President Anderson, and President 
Hamilton. 1720-1737. Edited by William A. Whitehead. Newark, 1^82. 
8vo., pp. xvi, 520. 

Vol. Vi. Administratio ;s of Governor Lewis Morris, President John 
Hamilton and President John Keadiu-. 1738-1747. Edited by William A. 
Whitehead. Newark, 1882. &vo.. pp. [v]-xvi, 482. 

Vol. VII. Part of administration of Governor Jonathan Belcher. 174tj- 
17.31. Edited by William A. Whitehead. Newark, 1883. 8vo., pp. xvi. C.dS. 
Vol. VIII. Completing the administration of Governor Jonathan Bel- 
cher. 1751-1757. Edited by William A. Whitehead. Newark, 1885. 8vo., 
pp. (2), xix, (3\ 299, (3), 285. 

Vol. IX. Administrations of President John Reading, Lieutenant-Gov- 
ernor Thomas Pownall, Governor Francis Bernard, Governor Thomas Boone, 
Governor Josiah Hardy, and part of the administration of Governor William 
Frauklin. 1757-1767. Edited by Frederick W. Eicord aud William Nelsc^n. 
Newark. 1885. 8vo., pp. (2), xxi, 050. [After title, inset of "Corrections 
aud Additions.'"] 

Vol. X. Administration of Governor William Frauklin. 17G7-177(!. 
Edited by Frederick W. Eicord and William Nelson. Newark, 1880. 8vo , 
pp. (2), XX, 748. [After title, inset of "Corrections and Additions."] 

General Index to the Documents relating to the Colonial History of the 
State of New Jersey. First Series, in ten volumes. Published under aud by 
virtue of An Act entitled "An Act for the better preservation of the early 
records of the State of New Jersey," passed March twenty-ninth, one thous- 
and eight hundred and seventy-two. 1 Prepared by Frederick W. Eicord. 
Newark, 1888. 8vo., pp. (4), 198. 

Vol. XI. Some account of American newspapers, particularly of the 
eighteenth ceutury, and libraries in which they may be found. I. Alabama- 
Maryland. II. Extracts from American newspapers, relating to New Jersey. 
Vol. L 1704-1739. Edited by William Nelson. Paterson, N. J., 1891. 8vo., 
pp. cxxvi, (2), 623. 

Vol. XII. I. Some account of American newspaper.s, etc. Part II. Mass- 
achusetts. II. Extracts from American newspapers, relating to New Jersey. 

1 The title of the act cited is 'Supplement to an act entitled 'An Act for the 
better preservation of the Early Records of the State of New Jersey."" It was 
approved (not passed) March ii>. 187:'. 



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Vo1.il 1740-1750. Edited by William Nelson. Patersou, 1895. 8vo., pp. 
(12), cxxvii-cclxviii, (2), 729. Facsimile frontispiece. 

Vol. XIII. Journal of the governor and council. Edited by Frederick 
W. Ricord and William Nelson. Vol.1. 1682-1711. Trenton, 1890. 8vo., 
pp. xi, 580. Facsimile frontispiece. 

Vol. XtV. Journal of the governor and council. Vol. II. 1715-1738. 
Edited by Frederick W. Kicord and William Nelson. Trenton, 1890. 
8vo., pp. ix, 567. 

Vol. XV. Journal of the governor and council. Vol. III. 1738-1748. 
Edited by Frederick W. Eicord and William Nelson. Trenton. 1891. 8vo., 
pp. vii, 65 G. Facsimile frontispiece. 

Vol. XVI. Journal of the goveruor and council. Vol. IV. 1748-1755 
Edited by Frederick W. Eicord. Trenton, 1891. 8vo., pp. (4), 596. 

Vol. XVII. Journal of the goveruor and council Vol. V. 175(5-1768. 
Edited by Frederick W. Eicord. Trenton, 1892. 8vo., pp. (4), 538. 

Vol. XVIII. Journal of the governor and council Vol. VI. 1768-1775. 
Edited by Frederick W. Eicord. Trenton, 1893. Svo., pp. (4), 581. 

Vol. XIX. I. Some account of early American Newspapers, and Libraries 
in which they may be found. Part III. Michigan-New Hampshire. II. 
Extracts from American Newspapers, relating to New Jersey. Vol. III. 
1751-1755. Edited by WiUiarn Nelson. Patersou, 1897. 8vo., pp. Ixxviii, 
(2), 614. 

V. SEPAFIATE ADDRESSES 

The goodly heritage of Jerseymen. The first annual address before the 
Society, January .15, 1846. By G. W. Doane. Burlington, 1846. Svo, 
pp. 32. 

Same. Second edition. Burlington, 1848. 8vo, pjx 32. 

Biographical sketch of William Franklin. By William A. Whitehead. 
Eead before the Society, September 27, 1818. [Newark.] 1848. 8vo, 
pp. 23. 

The robbery of the treasury of East Jersey in 1768, and contemporaneous 
events; A paper read before the Society, September 12, 1850. By Wil- 
liam A. Whitehead. [Newark, 1850.] Svo, pp. 17. 

A historical sketch of the First Presbyterian church in the city of New 
Brunswick. Eead before the Historical Society of New Jersey, Septem- 
ber 8, 1852, by Eobert Davidson, D. D., pastor of said church. New 
Bruuswiek, N. J., 1852. Svo, pp. 52. Portrait. 

Biograjihical sketch of Gen. William Winds, of Morris County, N. J,, by 
Joseph F. Tuttle Eead before the Society, May 19, 1853. Svo, \}[). 25. 

The history and location of Fort Nassau upon the Delaware. Paper read 
before the Society, January 20, 1853, by Edward Armstrong. Newark, 
1853. Svo, pp. 21. 



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The iron state — Its natural position, power, and wealth. Address before 
the Society at its ninth annual meeting, Januarj' 19, 1854. By Jacob W. 
Miller. Newark, 1854. 8vo, pp. IG. 

Journal of an expedition made in the autumn of 1794, with a detachment 
of New Jersey troops, into western Pennsylvania, to aid in suppressing 
the "whiskey rebellion." By Capt. David Ford. Communicated by 
Franklin S. (B.) Hough. (Newark, .856.] 8vo, pp. 1-4. No title-page. 

Northern boundary line. The circumstances leading to the establishment, 
in 1769, of the northern boundary line between New Jersey and New 
York. Paper read before the Society May 19, 1859, by William A. 
Whitehead. [Newark, 1859.] 8vo, pp. 30. Map. 

A brief memoir of one of New Jersey's neglected sons, Samuel J. Smith, 
"a lost poet;" with some reminiscences of Burlington. By a sexagenar- 
ian. Bead before the Society at Newark, May 17, 1860. By John Jay 
Smith. [Newark, I860.] 8vo, pp. 18. 

Address on the life and character of the Hon. Joseph C. Hornblower, 
LL. D., by the Hon. Richard S. Field. Read before the Society Janu- 
ary 16, 1865. Newark, 1865. 8vo, pp. 23. 
The Eastern Boundary of New Jersey. A Review of a paper on the waters 
of New Jersey, read by the Hon. John Cochrane, attorney general of New 
York, before the Historical Society of that State, on the 6th of June, 
1865; by William A. Whitehead. Yonkers, 1865. 8vo, pp. (4), 43-74. 
From the types of the Yonkers (N. Y.) Gazette, edited by Henry B- 
Dawson. 

The Eastern Boundary of New Jersey. A Review of the Hon. John 
Cochrane's paper on the waters of New Jersey, read before the Histor- 
ical Society of New York; and a rejoinder to the reply of "A member of 
the New York Historical Society:" by William A. Whitehead. Reprinted 
at the request of the N. J. Historical Society. Newark, 1866. Svo, pp. 
70. Map. 

The former paper is here reprinted, with numerous alterations. 
The "Rejoinder"" is added. The whole is from the Proa-edings. X., 89- 
158. The papers of Mr. Whitehead. Mr. Cochrane and Mr. Dawson were 
all printed in the Yonkers Gazette, and afterwards in a sing-le volume, in 
The Gazette Series. Vol. III.. Yonkers. 18(56. Svo, pp. 3!)3, forming a most 
valuable history of the Eastern Boundary of New Jersey. 

Proceedings commemorative of the settlement of Newark, N. J., on its two 
hundredth anniversary. May 17, 1866. Newark, 1866. Svo, pp. 182. 
Plate. 

(Also forms supplement to Vol. VI. of the Collections.) 

Philip Kearny : soldier and patriot. Address before the Society, January 
17, 1867, by Cortlandt Parker. Newark, 1868. Svo, pp. 49. 

Address on the life and character of the Hon. James Parker, late presi- 
dent of the Society. By Richard S. Field. Read before the Society 
January 21, 1869. Newark, 1869. Svo. pp. 32. 
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Review of some of the circumstances connected with settlement of Eliza- 
beth, N. J. By William A.. Whitehead. Read before the Society May 
20, 1869. Newark, 18G9. Bvo, pp. 24. 

The early history of Morris County, N. J. By the Rev. Joseph F. Tuttle, 
D. D. Read before the Society May 20, 1869. Newark, 18fi9. 8vo, 
pp. 39. 

History of the constitution of New Jersey, adojoted in 1776, and of the 
government under it. By L. Q. C. Elmer. Read before the Society 
May 19, 187'.). [Newark, 1870.] 8vo, pp. 20. 

Memoir of the Hon. Richard S. Field, late president of the Society. By 
Anthony Q. Keasbej'. Read before the Society, January 19, 1871. [New- 
ark, 1871.] 8vo, pp. 23. 

Memoir of the life and character of John Rutherfurd. Read before the 
Society January, 1872. By R. S. Swords. Newark, 1872. 8vo, pp. 8. 

Diary of Dr. Jabez Campfield, surgeon in "Spencer's Regiment," while at- 
tached to Sullivan's expedition against the Indians, May 23-Oct. 2, 1779. 
From the original, presented to the Society by Edmund D. Halsey. 
[Newark, 1873.] 8vo, pp. 115-136. 

An interesting memento of Major Andre. Read January, 1875, by 
William Nelson. Newark, 1875. Svo, pp. 27-29. 

A memorial of the life and character of William L. Dayton. By Joseph 
P. Bradlej'. Prepared in conformity with a resolution of the Society. 
Newark, 1875. 8vo, pp. 50. 

Biographical Sketch of William Colfax, Captain of Washington's Body 
Guard. By William Nelson. Read before the Society, Jan. 10th, 1876. 
[Newark.] Svo, pp. 145-152. 

Sketch of the life of Richard Stockton, by William A. Whitehead. Read 
before the Society January 18, 1877. [Newark, 1877.] 8vo, pp. 5- 
(No title page.) 

Life and public services of .John Cleves Symmes. Read before the Soci- 
ety May 17, 1877, by C. H. Winfield. [Newark, 1877.] 8vo, pp. 24. 

The first century of Hunterdon County, N. J. By the Rev. G. S. Mott, 
D. D. Read January 17, 1878. Flemiugtou, N. J., 1878. Svo, pp. 54. 

A Memorial of Col. John Bayard, by Gen. Jas. Grant Wilson. Read be- 
fore the Society at Newark, May IC, 1878. [Newark.] 8vo, jip. 139-160. 

Memoir of Professor Joseph Henry, LL.D. By Rev. James C, Moffat. 
Read before the Society at Trenton, Jan. 23, 1879. [Newark, 1879.] 
8vo, pp. 191-203. 

The massacre near Old Tappan. By W. S. Stryker. Read before the So- 
ciety January 23, 1879. Trenton, 1882. 8vo, pp. 12. 

The old barracks at Trenton, N. J. Read before the Society January 20, 
1831. By William S. Stryker. Trenton, 1885. Svo, pp. 14. 



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[Circular of the Executive Committee, announciug the death of Adolphus 
Peuuingtou Young, llecording Secretary of the Society, aud giving a 
sketch of his life and character. Newark, 1879.] 8vo, pp. 2. 

Memoir of Brig. Gen. Anthony Walton White, of the Continental Army. 
Compiled by Anna M. W. WooiUmli, of Freehold, N. J. Presented to 
the Society May 18, 1882. 8vo, pp. 11. Portrait. 

[Circular, ccnimunicating resolution adopted by the Society, January 22, 
1883, favoring the erection of monuments to commemorate the battles of 
the Kevolution. Newark, 1883.] 8vo, p. 1. 

Capture of the Block House at Toms River, N. J., March 2i, 1782. Read 
at the Memorial service at Toms River May 30, 1883. By William S. 
Stryker. Trenton, 1883. 8vo, pp. 32. 

Josiah Horublower, aud the first steam-engine in America, with some no- 
tices of the Schuyler coiDper mines at Second River, N. J. , and a gene- 
alogy of the Hornblower family. By William Nelson. Read before the 
Society May 17, 1883. Newark, 1883. 8vo, pp. (2), 80. 

General Maxwell's brigade of the New Jersey continental line in the expe- 
dition against the Indians in 1779. By William S. Stryker. Read be- 
fore the Society January 17, 188i. Trenton, 1885. 8vo, jjp. 6(5. 

Memorial of Samuel AUiuson, "The Philanthropist of New Jersey. " By 
John F. Hageman. Read before the Society at Newark, May 14, 1884. 
[Newark, 1884.] 8vo, pp. 21. 

The strategic relations of New Jersey to the war for American independ- 
ence. By Henry B. Carriugton, LL.D. Read before the Society Janu- 
ary 15, 1885. Newark, N. J. 1885. 8vo, pp. (2), 29. 

Sketch of the life and character of William A. Whitehead, by Samuel 
Irena3us Prime. Read before the Society May 21, 1885. [Newark, 1885.] 
8vo, pp. 22. Portrait. 

Some notices of Governor Joseph Bloomfield. Read January 26, 1886, by 
William Nelson. Newark, 1886. 8vo, pp. 3. 

Life, Character and Services of Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, LL. D., of New 
Jersey, late Secretary of Stale in President Arthur's cabinet. By John 
F. Hageman. Read before the Society at Newark, May 20, 1886. New- 
ark, 18i;6. 8vo, pp. 31. Portrait. 

Jonathan Pitney, M. D. Fifty years of jirogress on the coast of New Jer- 
sey. By Rev. Allen H. Brown. Read before the Society at Newark, 
May 20, 1886. Newark, 1886. 8vo, pp. 14. 

A historical sketch of Miss Jane ^McCrea. By Henry Race, M. D. Read 
before the Society at Newark May 20, 1886. [Newark, N. J., 1886.] 
8vo, pp. 14. 

The founding of Paterson as the intended manufacturing metropolis of the 
United States. By William Nelson. A paper read before the Society 
May 19, 1887. Newark, 1887. 8vo, pp. 17. 



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The Hessians in New Jersey; just a little in their favor. By A. D. Mellick, 

Jr. Read before the Society at Trenton, January 24, 1888. [Newark, 

1888. J 8vo, pp. 22. 
Joel Parker: ''The War Governor of New Jersey." A biographical sketch. 

By James S. Yard. [Read before the Society at Newark, May 17, 188S.J 

Freehold, 1889. 8vo, pp. 39. Portrait. 
Printed for private circulation. 
Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, the historian. By Mrs. Frederick H. Pierson. 

Read before the Society at Princeton, September 28, 1888. [New York, 

1888.] Sm. 4to, pp. 4. 
Rev. Samuel McClintock Hamill, D. D. Memoir prepared and read by 

the Rev. Samitel M. Studdiford, D. D. , before the Society, at Trenton, 

January 28, 1890. [Newark, 1890.] 8vo, pp. 12. Portrait. 

Memoir of George H. Cook, State Geologist of New Jersey, director of the 
agricultural experiment station of New Jersey, professor of geology and 
agriculture in Rutgers College. By James Neilson. Newark, 1890. 
8vo, pp. 15. Portrait. 

Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J. Addresses commemorative of 
George Hammell Cook, professor of geology and agriculture; delivered 
before the trustees, faculty, alumni, students, and friends of the college, 
June 17, 1890. With a biographical sketch read before the New Jersey 
Historical Society at Trenton, January 28, 1890. Newark, N. J., 1891. 
8vo, pp. 63. Portrait. 

John T. Nixon. Memoir prepared and read by A. Q. Keasbey, before the 
Society at Trenton, January 2S, 1890. [Newark, 1890.] 8vo, pp. 13. 

Mahlon Dickerson, industrial pioneer and old-time patriot. By Josiah C. 
Pumpelly. Read before the Society, at Trenton, January 27, 1891. 
Paterson. 8vo, pp. 26. 

Contributions to Hunterdon County History. By Henry Race, M. D. 
[Read before the Society, January 27, 1891.] Newark, 1892. 8vo, pp. 7. 

A Memoir of Joseph Parrish, M. D., of Burlington, N. J. By Samuel H. 
Pennington, M. D. Read before the Society at Newark, May 21, 1891. 

Newark, 1891. 8vo, pp. 23. 

Greenland in New Jersey. A Historical Sketch of the Moravian Settle- 
ment in Sussex County, 1768 to 1808. By Henry Race, M. D. Read 
before the Society at Newark, May 21, 1891. [Newark, 1891.] 8vo, 
pp. 11. 

The early days of the Academy at Newark. Extracts from old newspa- 
pers, gleaned by William Nelson. Newark, 1893. 8vo, pp. 8. 

George Eyre, his ancestors and his descendents. By Franklin Eyre. Pat- 
erson, 1893. 8vo, pp. 4. [Reprinted from N. J. Archives, Vol. XL, 
pp. 495-6, note,] 



Autobiography of Col. Aarou Ogtleu, of Elizabethtowu. An oiigiual docu- 
ment written for bis children. Patersou, 1893. 8vo, pp. 19. [Some 
unpublished letters of Col. Ogden, 1785-1830, with biographical notes, 
etc., pp. 19-33.] 

Only 100 copies of the autobioKriiphy reprinted from the Proceedings, 
with the unpuljlislied Idlers, etc.. added. 

American newspaper files, 1701-1800, and where they may be found. Pre- 
liminary list, for additions and correcti:ns. By William Nelson. Pat- 
ersou, 1893. 8vo, pp. G. 

Sketches of the New Jersey Historical Society, by Alonzo Church. Pub- 
lished by the Society. Newark, 1894. 8vo, pp. 40. 

Some account of the library, portraits and cin-ios. 

The Indians of New Jersey: their origin and development; manners and 
customs; language, religion and government. With some notices of 
Indian place names. By William Nelson. Patersou, 1894. 8vo, pp. 
(2), 168. 

Joseph Coerten Hornblower, 1777-1864. Chief justice of New Jersey, 
1832-1840. A biographical sketch. By William Nelson. Cambridge, 
Mass., 1894. 8vo, pp. 29. Portrait. 

Some records of the French in Elizabethtowu. By Mrs. Eraeline G. Pier- 
son. Piead before the Society at Trenton, January 22, 1895. Paterson, 
1897. Svo, pp. 10. 

Members of the New Jersey Assembly, 1754. Biographical sketches. 
[Reprinted, with additions and corrections, from N. J. Archives, Vol. 
XIX.] Patersou, 1895. Svo, pp. 24. 

An Ethnologist's View of History. An address before the Society at Tren- 
ton, January 28, 1890. By Daniel G. Brintou, A. M.. M. D., LL. D., 
D. So. Philadelphia, 1896. 8vo, pp. 24. 

Clifford Stanley Sims: soldier, statesman, jin-ist. A biographical sketch. 
By William Nelson, A. M. (Princeton.) Boston, 1896. Svo, pp. 10. 
Portrait. 

William Mnxwell, of New Jersey. Brigadier General in the lievolutiou. 
By J. H. Grifhth, M. D. Bead before the Society at Newark May 17, 
1894. Paterson, 1897. Svo, pp. 15. 

Original documents relating to the life and administrations of William Bur- 
net, Governor of New York and New Jersej', 1720-1728, and of Massa- 
chusetts and New Hampshire, 1728-1729. Comj^iled by William Nelson. 
Paterson, 1897. Svo, pp. (0), 217. 



GENERAL INDEX, 



Note.— This Index does nol include the Bibliography of the Society, 
pages 151-165. 



Abbett. Leon. 145 

'• Aborif^'ines of New Jersey, the" — 
Archer Gifford. 57 

Abstract of title to the Society's West 
Park street lot, 136 

Aerelius. Israel — History Of New 
Sweden. 7 

Adams. Maj. H. W., 146 

Adrain Robert. 143 

A^'■^^ Eliz:ibeth G., 138 
John. 138 

Aikman, Rev. Robert. 147 

Alabama-Maryland, history of news- 
papers in. 120 

Albion Knights. 11 

Alexander. Catharine, 21 
James. 21. 33 
William, 33 

AUinson. Samuel. 62 

Alofsen, Solomon, 49, 50, 85, 135 

America, first steam engine in, 18 

American Newspapers 1704-1800, His- 
tory of —by Wm. Nelson, 120 

Analytical Index to (Colonial Docu- 
ments, 112, 114, 117; subscriptions 
for, 1 1 1 

Anderson. Dr. Calvin, 148 
Edward J., 142 

Andrus. Isaac, portrait of, 135 

•• Annals of the Swedes on the Dela- 
ware," 7 

Anne, Queen, surrender by the New Jer- 
sey Proprietaries to, 4 

Annual Law Register of the United 
States. Vol, IV.. 6 

Apprentici's' library. Trenton. 52 

Appropriations by the Legislature, 112, 
117, 119. 120 

Armstrong, Edward, 7 

Baker, Jeremiah, 147 

Philip P,, 143 

Baldwin. Albert, 147 

Caleb, 137, 139 

Henry R, 124 

Lucius D.. 83, 84 

Bale, Andrew J.. 143 

Ball, Samuel, 137 

Ballantine, John H.. contributes toward 
the cost of the Centennial Medal, 
128, 149; is presented with a copy, 
150 
Robert F., pays half the Librarian's 
salary, 73: on a Building Commit- 
tee, 93, note ; subscribes toward the 
erection of a building for the Soci- 
23 



ety. 94. note: member of the Cen- 
tennial Committee of 18f9. 125: con- 
tributes toward the cost of the 
Centennial Medal, 128, 149; is pre- 
sented with a copy of the medal, 
150 
Bancroft's History of the United States, 

8 
Barber and Howe's " Historical Collec- 
tions," 11, .58 
Barber, John W,, 11 
Barnert. Nathan, 146 
Barron, Thomas, portrait of, 135 
Haskinridge, 60 
Baty, Jael, 23 
Bayard, Col, John, 60 

Jane, 60 
•Beachamp Plantagenet," 10 
Beaslev. Mercer. 142 
Beckvvith. Charles D,, 143 
Bedle, Joseph D.. 145 
Belcher. Governor, papers of. 1,33 
Belleville, 54. 85 

see Second River 
Bergen, Christopher A,, 143 
Berkley and Carteret, Grants and Con- 
cessions of. 30 
Berry. Major John, 28 
Bettie. Edward, 145 

Bibliography of New Jersey history, 115; 
of laws and legislative journals, 
113; of the Society, 151-165 
Bi-Centennial Celebration of the set- 
tlement of Newark. 53 
Bigelow. Moses, 143 
Binding Fund, need of a, 75, 79 
Bingham, Rudolphus, 145 
Bio(;kaphic'al .Skktche.s: 
Alofsen, Solomon, 49 
Bradley, Joseph P,, 43 
Clement. John, 26 
Condit, Dr, John S., 45 
Congar, Samuel Hayes, 52 
Cooley, Rev, Eli Field, 58 
Dayton, William Lewis, 33 
Dennis, Martin R. . .53 
Doane. Rt, Rev, (Jeorge W., 59 
Duer, William Alexander. 32 
Durvee. Peter S,, 35 
Field, Richard S,, 20 
Giflord, Archer, 57 
(iordon, Thomas, 5! 
Green, Henry W., 23 
Haines, Daniel, (il 
Hamill, Rev, Dr. Samuel M,, 25 
Hasbrouck, Abraham Bruyn, .58 



176 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Hayes. David Abbott. 47 
Hornblovver, Josepli Coerten. 18 
Johnson, Rit-hard Gibbon. 30 
King. James Gore. 32 
Kinney. William Burnet. 34 
Kirkpa trick. Littleton. 60 
Maclean. Rev Dr. John. (51) 
McLean. Rev. Dr. Daniel V.. 55 
Murray. Rev Dr. Nicholas. 10. 57 
Nixon, John T.. 36 
Garden. Elias Bailey Dayton. 59 
Parker. James. U» 
Paterson. Rev. Dr. Andrew Bell. 61 
Pennington, Dr. Samuel Hayes. ;i8 
Potts. Stacy Gardiner. 32 
Ricord, Frederick William. 54 
Rodgers, Rev. Dr. Ravaud Kearny. 

22 
Ross. James. 49 
Rutherfurd. John. 21 
Stryker, Thomas J.. 48 
Swords, Robert Smith. 50 
Vroom. Peter D.. 31 
Whitehead. William Adee. 10. 37 
Wickes. Dr. Stephen. 41 
Biorek. Tobias E., 7 
Bird. E. K . 147 
Bird, John T.. 142 ■ 
Bishop. Rev. Dr. Geo. S.. 146 

James. 142 
Blackford. Edward, 137,130; Francis G., 
138. 139; George D.. 138; Hannah. 
137. 138. 1.^9; William B.. 138 
Blair. John I.. 125. 126, 128. 146. 149. 150 
Blodgett. Rufus. 143 
Bloomtleld. Gen. Joseph. 30 
Bogert, John W., 143 
Boggs, Lievit. Charles S.. 104 
Bolles. Enoch. 139. 140, 141 

Ephraim. 140. 141 
Bonaparte. Napoleon, 136 

bust of Princess Pauline, 69, 136 
Bordentown, 136 
Boudinot. Annis, 20 
Elias, 20 
Elisha, 20 
Boundaries between East and West Jer- 
se.v, 134; between New York and 
New Jersey. 134 
Bowne. Hugh H.. 62, 95 
Boyer. Henry K.. 148 
Bradford (England) Historical Society, 

150 
Bradley, Charles, presents a pro.iect for 
ac(ivnring the property of the New- 
ark fjibrary Association for this 
Society. W; appointed chairman of 
a committee for the purpose, 97; 
elected a dii-ector in that Associa- 
tion, 97. 98; agrees to provide a 
copy of the Centennial Medal as a 
school prize. 129 
Joseph P., rescues the original Eliz- 
abethtown Bill in Chancery, 9; sec- 
retary of the meeting at which the 
New Jersey Historical Society was 
formed, 16; an original member of 
the Society, 17; first Recording 
Secretary of the Society, 43, 63; 
sketch of. 43-45 
Braintree (Mass.) Historical Society, 

1.50 
Bridgman, A. L., 147 
Briggs, Frank O,, 149, liO 
Brodhead, John Romeyn, 14 



Brooks. Noah. 146 
Brown. Hendrick H., 142 

Richard. 143 
Bruen. Sarah. 52 
Bruere. J. Hart. 147 

Joseph H.. 147 
Buchanan. James. 143 
Buckingham. Rev. Jedidiah, 43 
Building Fund, need of a, 85, 99 
Bundy, J. M.. 147 

Burlington. 4. 5. 6, 7, 10. 99; county histor- 
ical society. 123 
Burnet. Dan. 34 

Dr James B.. 149, 150 

Dr. William. 34 
Burr. Aaron. 47; portrait of, 69. 123 
Burrough. Edward. 142 
Bush. George Clinton, 17 
Butler. Rev Edwin E.. 147 
Butterworth. Rev. John H.. 147 
Buttz. Rev. Henry A., 147 

Cafferty, artist, 135 
Caldwell. Rev. James. Memoir of. 57 
Calendars of N. Y. Historical Manu- 
scripts. 15 
Cameron. Henry C 146 
Cannon, Henry R . M D , 149, 1.50 
Canova's bust of Princess Pauline, 69, 

136 
Carman, Ezra A.. 77 
Carpenter. John, Jr . 143 
Carter. William H . 143 
Census statistics, extension of. 124 
Centennial Celebration of 1889, 1;24 
Centennial Medal ordered struck, 127; as 
a school prize. 127; cost of dies, by 
whom defrayed. 12->. 149; by whom 
designed. 1;28; copy in gold for ex- 
President Harrison. 129; in silver 
for ex-Governor Green. 129; Medal 
fund, 129; cost of, 14-5; dimensions 
of, 148; proceeds of sales of, 149; 
subscribers to, 149; motto on, 148 
Chalmers, George, his "Political An- 
nals," 5 
Thomas S.. 143 
Chapman. E. O.. 142 
Cheeseman, Reuben. 143 
Chetwood. John J., 66 
Chew, Sinnickson, 147 
" City of Hudson." by whom chartered, 

'126 
Clark, Daniel T., 79 

William. 146 
Clay. Henry, portrait of. 135 

Rev. Jehu Curtis, 7 
Clement, Gregory, ;26 

John. 7. 26. 27. ;-'8. 125. 12S. 142 
Nathaniel, 26 
Cleveland. President Grover, G3 

J. B.. 146 
Cloke, William. 147 
Cluss, Allan, 135 
Coe. Benjamin, 37 

Ernest E,, 97, 98. 146 
Robert. 37 
Theodore. 98 
Cogswell. Rev. Jonathan, 17 
Cole. Eugene C, 143 

Martin, 142 
Collections of the N, J, Historical Socie- 
ty, 114; account of publication of, 
103 
College of New Jersey, History of, 60 



GENERAL INDKX. 



177 



Collin. Rev. Nic-holas. D. D.. T 

Colonial and Rcvoliitionai-y Documents. 

I'ommittee on. 111). 111. 113. IIT. l-.M. 

V2-2 
Analytical Index to. 114 
subscriptions for procurintr. 111. 11- 
Le^'islatiM' apijvopriations for pro- 
curing' and priniint,'. ll"J. ll(i. 117. 

118. 119. \-20 
Colonial Dames. 6H 
"Columbus, the bones of— Robert S. 

Swords. .t1 
Condict. Dr. Lewis. 1-J:2 
Condit. Dr. John Smith. 4.5. 46. 47 

Silas. 46 
Conditt. John. 4.^ 
Confederate currency. IS.") 
Con^ar. Samuel Hayes. 49. ni. 79. 10."): 

genealo^'ical notes of tlrst settlers 

of Newark, by. 107 
Conger. John, -ii 
Connelly. James F.. 145 
Constitutions of New Jersey. 168:1. ll« 
Cook. George H.. 142 
Coolev. Kev. Eli Field, 1-.'. 16. 17. 58 
Cornish. P. H.. 14.5 
Coult. Joseph. 146 
Council of Safety. Minutes of, 11.5 
Coursen. Hon. Mr., 147 
Courts of New Jersey, History of. 6, 21 
Coxe, Dr. Daniel. 134 
Cranmer, George T.. 143 
Crooks. Kev. G. R.. 147 
Crowell, Edward, portrait of. 13.5 
Cumming. the Rev. Hooper, portrait of, 

135 
Cutter, Ephraim, 143 

Darcv. Henry G,, 85, 86. 106 

Darou. William H.. 144 

Daughters of the American Revolution. 

63 
Davidson. Rev. Robert. D. D., 104 
Davis, George C 143 
Day, Matthias W., 85. 136; portrait of, 

135 
Dayton, Gen. Elias, manuscrijats of , 133 

Col. Jonathan, 33 

William L,, 33. 34, 44. ,53, 63. 114 
Deats. Hiram E., 149. 1.50 
De Ronde. Abram. 143 
Delaware. Dutch and Swedes on the. 15 

early settlements on, 6. 15 
Dennis, Alfred L., 54 

Ezekiel. .53 
■ Martin R,. 53. 108 

Mary Baldwin. .53 
Depue. David A , 63. 135. 143 
Dexter. Lady Barney. 33 
Diekerson. Mahlon. 84 
Dixon, Jonathan. 143 
Doan. Jonathan. .59 
Doane. Rt. Rev. George Washington. D. 

D., .59,65. Ill 
Dobbins. E. L., 147 
Dod. Rev. Stephen, 134 
Dodd. Mary. 45 

Donations of special interest. 1.34 
Donnellv. Peter T.. 143 
Douglass. Edward M., 147 
Drake. J. Madison. 146 
Drummond. Robert, portrait of. 135 
Dryden Hall. Newark, 74 
Duer. William. 33 

William Alexander, 33. 101. 103. loi 



Duponccau. Peter S.. 6. 7 
Durie. Joost, ;i5 
Durning. Jane T.. 137 
Duryee. Edward H., 36 

Peter S.. 45, 77, 83. 84. 8.5. 86. 95, 106, 
111. 113 
Dutch settlements. 13 
Dutch West India Company. 11 

Edwards. William D.. 143 
Elizabeth. Kli/.abethtown, 8. 9. .56. .57. .58. 
.59. 61. h5. 13.5, 13u. 133: laws and or- 
dinances of, i:i3: Murray's History 
of, 9, .56: Bill in Chancery, 9 
First Presbyterian Church of. .56 
Elmer. Dr. Ebenezer, Journal of. 133 

Judge L. Q. C, 34, 36, 107. 108 
Elv. Calista, 141 
" Edwin A.. 149, 150 
Matthias, 85 
Matthew. 141 
English Public Record Office, 111, 113, 

115. 116 
Erskine. Robert, papers of. 69, 134 
Essex county court house, 53; public 

records. 115 
Everitt Moses K., 143 
Evving. Chief Justice James. 33. 30 
Executive Committee, some members of 

the, .55 
Extracts from American Newspapers, 
relating to New Jersey, 120 

Fagan. Lawrence. 144 

Farrand, Dr. Samuel A., 149, 150 

Farrell, Edward P., 144 

Fayette county, Pa., 55 

Feenev, John P.. 144 

Fell. Lawrence T.. 143 

Fenwick, John. 10,30,1.33: papers of , 69, 

133 
Fenwick's Colony, 10 
Ferris. Benjamin— History of Delaware, 

Field Richard Stockton. 7, 20, 31,. 33, 63, 
83, 84 104, no, 113 
Robert. 30 
Flynn. John P.. 145 
Fo'ster, John Y., 146 
Fowler. Samuel. 14 5 
Francois, Judson C. 144 
Freehold, founding of Presbyterian 

church at. 55 
Frelinghuysen. Frederick T., 85 

Theodore. 135 
Fremont. Gen. John C 34 
Friends, English, West Jersey settled 

by. 5 
Fulton. Robert, papers and drawings of, 
69, 133 

Gardner, John J.. 143 
Garrison. Charles G.. 143 
Geissenhainer. Jacob A.. 143 
Genealogy of Early Settlers in Trenton 

and Ewing. .58 
Geneva College, 5t 
Gibbon. Mary. 40 

Nicholas. 40 
Gifford. Archer. 17, 137; writings of, 57 

C!apl. John. 57 
Gill. John. 144 

Glazebrook. Kev. OtisG.. 147 
•■ Glimpses of the Past." articles in New- 
ark Daily Advertiser. 10 



178 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Gloucester. Old. Reminiscence.s of, 12 
Goble, Jonathan. 144 

L. Spencer. 95, 96, 97. 149 

Lather. 138 
Godkin. E. L.. 147 
Gordon. Franklin, 51 

Othneil. 5i 

Thomas, 17. 51 

Thomas F.. "History of New Jer- 
sey." 7. Id 
Grahanie, James, history by, 5 
Grannis. Robert A. 147 
Grants and Concessions of first English 

Lords Proprietors. 4 
Green, Caleb Smith. 24 

George. 2^ 

Chief Justice and Chancellor Henry 
WoodhuU. 17. 23. 24, 32, 63, 83 

John Cleve. 24 

Robert S.. Governor and "Vice Chan- 
cellor. 125. 126. 127. 142, 148 
■ Robert S., Jr., 142 

William. 23 
Greene, General George S., 148 
Gregory, Dudley S., 61. 84 
Grier. Mayor. 146 
Griftin. Rev. Dr. Edward Dorr, portrait 

of. 69 
Griffith, William, 6 
Griggs, Governor John W.. 113 
Grover, Mary. 30 
Grubb, Edward Burd, 145 
Hackensack. 57 

Hageman. John F., 62. 125, 126, 146 
Haines. Governor Daniel. 15. 16 61. 63. 
116. 117, 121; portrait of. 69. 135 

Elias. 61 

Henry S.. 113 

Richard T.. 85 
Hall, Edward J., Jr., 147 

John. D. D.. 62. 147 

Joseph D.. 142 
Halsey. Edmund D.. subscriber to Cen- 
tennial Medal. 149, 150: Committee 
on Colonial Documents, l-^'^; guar- 
antees a building for the Society at 
Morristown. 94 

George A., 63. 91. 93, 94, 95. 135, 126, 
143 
Halstead. George G.. 146 
Halsted. Caleb O,, 85 

Gen. N. Norris, 62. 95 
Hamburg. Sussex county. 61 
Hamill, Robert. 25 

Samuel M..D. D., 25. 26. 73. 13.5. 127, 
145, 150 
Hamilton. Col. Morris R.. 142 

Samuel R.. 17 
Hansen, Albert. 144 
Hardin. John R.. 98 
Harrington. Chas F., 144 
Harris. Edward, 17 

John. 141 
Harrison. Benjamin. 125. 139. 150 
Hasbrouok, Abraham Bruvn, LL.D., 58 
Hatlield, Rev. Dr. E. F.— History of 
Elizabeth, 56 

Miss. 137 
Haven, Charles C. 62 
Hayes. Uavid Abbott. 47,85.86. 105, 106; 
biographical sketch of. 47 

Hannah. .52 

Howard W.. 146 

Major Samuel. 53 

Thomas, 47 



Haynes. Joseph E.. 147 
Hays. James L.. 143 
Hazard, Samuel. 7 
Hedden, Alvan, 139. 140 

Elizabeth. 139 
Hedge. Samuel Fenwick .SO 
Heppenheimer. Wm. C, 144 
Herbert. Chas. B.. 144 
Herrick, C. M , 146 
Hettield. Mrs. Mary. 1.39 
Hewitt. Abram S., 138, 149, 1.50 
Higgins, Archibald A., 144 

Geo. H,. 144 
Hillver. Rev. Dr. E. T., 134 
Hobart. Garret A.. 63. 146. 149 
Hobdys, George. 137 
Holden. Captain Levi. 135 
Holm. Thomas Campanius, 6 
Holt. John I.. 144 
Hoover. Eliphalet. 144 
Hopewell. 58 
Hopper. John. 126. 146 
Hornblower. Chief Justice Joseph C. 18. 
19. 34. 44. 45. 53; portrait of. 136 

Josiah. 18, 44 
Houdon, Jean Antoine. bust of Wash- 
ington by, 128 
Howe. Henrv. 11 
Howell, Janies E., 98 
Hude. James. 33 

Hudson. Henrv, supposed portrait of. 
i;36 

Shepperd S.. 144 
Hudspeth. Robert S.. 144 
Hughes. Wm M.. 146 
Hunt, E. M,. 142 

Samuel H.. 89, 135 

Wm. M., 146 
Hunterdon county. 51 ; Historical Soci- 
ety. 123 
Hutchings. Rev. Samuel, .53 
Hutchinson, John P., 149, 150 

Indian feather ornaments from Amazon 

river. 1H5 
Indians of New Jersey. 14 
Irving, Washington— his travesty on the 

Dutch settlers, 14 

Jackson. Andrew. .57 
F. Wolcott, 139 
John P.. 61. 83 
John P.. Jr.. 77 
James. Josiah. 138 
Jans. Anneke. 65 
Jennings, J. Frank. 145 
Johnson. Alexander N.. 146 
Richard. 30 
Col. Robert Gibbons— history of 

Salem. 10. 30. 31 
William M.. 129 
Johnston. William Nelson. 147 
Journal of the Governor and Council of 
New Jersey. 1682-1703. manuscript 
of. discovered and ordered printed, 
115 
Journals of the Provincial Congress. 6. 69 
Joy. Edmund L.. 145; portrait of, 136 

Kalisch. Leonard. 144 
Kane. Daniel M.. 144 
Kearny. Michael. 23 

Rev. Dr. RavaudK.. 93 

Susannah Ravaud. 33 
Keasbey, Anthony Q., 21. 37 



GENERAT. INDEX. 



179 



Kelsey. Henry C 124. 14-: 
Kennedy, John. 85 
Keys. James. 144 
King. Charles. 68. 83. 100. Ill 

James Gore. 32. 8i. 83. 84. 85. 103, 111, 

Rufiis. 33 
Kinney. Abraham. 34 

Sir Thomas. 34 

Thomas T.. lit) 

William Bui net. 17. 31. 3."). Hi. 66: ora- 
tion at l)i-cenlennial of Newark. 
1U7 
Kirkpairick. Alexander. 60 

Andrew. 6u 

David, 60 

Littleton. 60 
Kloiz. Jaeob. 144 
Knapp. Manning' M.. 142 
Knickerbocker, Uiedrich. 10 

Laird. John H.. 14.t 

Lawrence. Capt. James, jiortrait of. 6'.t. 
136: uniform and chapeau of. 134 

Laws prior to I8O1. bibliog-raphy of. 113 

Learning'. Aaron. 4 
Walter S.. 143 

Leaycraft. Richard. 137 

Lee, Benjamin P.. 142 

Francis Bazley. 122. 129 

Legislature, appropriations by. 112. 117. 
1U». 120: memorial to. in 1846. Ill; 
memorial to. in 18.50, 112: Journals 
of. bibliography of. 113 

Lehlbach. Herman. i43 

Levis. Franklin B.. 149. 150 

Lewis. William. 34 

Library of the .Society. Committee on, 
first appointment of, 67; reports 
of. 81 

Library, growth and management of. 
74; statistics concerning growth 
of. 82: location of. 70 

Library Fund. •;.5, 80. 85, 99. 131 

Library Hall. 73 

Lidgerwood. W. V.. 95 

Lincoln. Abraham. 20. 34 

Lindslev Manuscripts. I'.U 

Little Falls, 111 

Livingston. William, memoir of, 6: pa- 
pers of, 134 

Lloyd. Aaron, 146 

Local Historical Societies, 122: suggest- 
ed. 12.': adverse report on. 123; 
project for revived in 1886, 1:^3; in 
1897, 124 

Lowenthal, Henry, 147 

Ludlow. George C.. 145 

Lum, F. H., 147 

Lundy, F. L.. 115 

Maclean, Rev, Dr. John, 60, 111 

McAdoo, William, 143 

McBride, Charles C, 146 

McCormick, John. 143 

McDermitt. Frank M., 144 

McDermolt, Allan L.. 139 

McDowell, the Kev. John, portrait of, 136 

McEowen, Mary. 60 

McGill, Alexander T.. 63, 142 

McGowan, Thomas, 144 

McGregor. John, 142 

McLean. Rev. Daniel Veach, 17, .55. 66, 71, 

111 
McNaughton, Rev. John, 148 



McPhcrson, John R.. 143 

Macwhorier, Rev. Dr. Alexander, his 

siudv chair. 1.34; portrait of, 69 
Magie, William J., 63, 142 
Mallon, John, iAA 
Manhattan Island. 14 
Mann. Charles M.. 145 
MarcfUus, Kev. Aaron A., 17 
March. .Samuel, 131! 

Sarah, l36 
Marriage bonils, index to. 120 
Marsh, Fredk C., 144 
Marsh. W. W.. 147 
Martin. Augustus F. R., 143 

VVm. H.. 144 
Maryland records relative to Dutch con- 
trol over New Sweden. 6 
Massachusetts Historic al Society. 103 
Massachusetts Newspapers, history of, 

120 
Matawan. 58 
Matthews. John J.. 145 
MANI'SC'KIPT (X)LI,K(_'T1()NS IN THE So- 

CIETY'S LlHH.^KV: 

Alexander. James, i;i3 

Belcher. Gov. Jonathan. 133 

Boundary Papers. i;34 

Coxe. Dr. Daniel. 134 

Dayton, Gen. Elias, 133 

Elmer, Dr. Ebeuezer, 133 

Erskine, Robert. 134 

Fenwick, John. 133 

Fulton. Robert, 134 

Henderson, Thomas, (Life of Wm. 

Tennent). 133 
Lindsley family, 134 
Livingston. Gov. William. 134 
Morris. Lewis, 133 

Robert Hunter. 1.33 
Paris. Ferdinand John. 133 
Penn. William. 133 
Provincial Congress. 133, 134 
Rutherfurd family, 133, 134 
Salter. Edwin. 134 

Smith. Samuel. (History of New Jer- 
sey). 133 
William Peartree. 1.33 
Spicer, Col. Jacob, 133 
Stirling. William Alexander, Earl of. 

133 
Tuttle. Rev. Dr. J. F.. 134 
Vail, Alfred, 134 
Whitehead, Wm. A.. 134 
Medal Fund, 129 
Meeker. Carnot B., 144 
Isaac. 140. 141 
Jane M.. 140 
Merchant. Silas. 106 
Merritt. Rev. Dr., 148 
Mickle. Isaac. 67. Ill; "■Reminiscences 

of Old Gloucester." by, 12 
Middlesex County Historical Societ.y, 

123 
Middletown (Monmouth Co,)Town Book, 

107 
Milev. Rev. John. 147 
Miller. William B, E., 145 
James L., 143 
Jacob Welsh, 64 
Rev. Dr. Samuel, 61 
Mills, Alfred, 148 
Minnesota-New Hamjjshire. history of 

newspapers in, 120 
Monmouth Democrat, historical articles 
published in, 107 



i8o 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Morris, Betsey, 140 
Helena. 21 
John. 140. 141 

Governor Lewis, 21, 22, 23; letter- 
book of. 104; papers of, 69, 105, 133 
Redroe. 23 
Robert Hunter, papers of, 69. 105, 

133 
Sabina. 22 
Samuel, 140 
Sarah, 23 
Staats S., 106 
Thomas. 140 
Morris county, Revoiutionary history of. 

134 ' 
Morristown, a permanent home for the 

Society at. proposed. 94. 95 
Mott, Rev. George S., D. D., 89, 125. 146 
Mount Ployden. 11 
Murphy, Franklin, 91, 93, 94. 125. 129 

John L., 14a 
Murray. Isabella. 137 

Jaines. 136, 137, 139. 140 
Rev. Dr. Nicholas. 17, 56. 70. 71, 75, 
99.112. 113, 134; sketch of. 56: por- 
trait of. 69, 136 
William. 137. 138 
Murry. James. 137 
Mutchler. Samuel B., 144 

Napier, statue of, 68 
Nautrhriffht. Wm. S., 144 
Naval Parade, at New York. 1889, 126 
Neill, Rev. Edward D.. 11 
Neilson. James. 90, 91 
Nelson. Charles H. A., 148 
Horatio Lord. 68 
James, 148 

Rev. Dr. T. A., 147 / 

Thomas, 147 

William. 19. 97, 113. 121,122, 124. 125, 
126.128, 129, 146 149, 150; history of 
American newspapers, 120 
Nevius. Henry M., 143 
New Albion 10, U 
New Amsterdam. 14 

Newark. 52, 54, 57, 70. 80. 81. 83. 84, 85, 86, 
87. 88. 90, 91, 92. 95. 98, 1U6, 109; 
Courthouse at. 71 ; two hundredth 
anniversary of the founding of. 53. 
107; Board of Trade. 78; Common 
Council. 105; Daily Advertiser, 10, 
12, 51; Library Association. 54. 71. 
96; Library Association building, 
82, 96, 97. 98 
Morning Register, early volumes of 

given to Society, 135 
National Uankinig Company, rooms 

of Society in building of. 74 
Natural History Society, 73 
Public High School, 7T" 
New Barl)a,does Neck. 2S 
New Brunswick. 60. 63. 70. 90. 104 
Newell. ex-Governor William A.. 136 
James H., 36 
William, 143 
New Jersey Archives. 118; editors of. 118 
title of. 118; issue of Vol. I., 118 
accoiuit of publication of, 110 
first appropriation for. 116; addi- 
tional ajipropriations for, li7; how 
distributed. 120; how the way was 
prepared for, 115; Revolutionary 
series, 120 
New Jersey, Provincial Courts of, 6 



New Jersey Historical Society, abstract 
of title to lot in West Park street. 
Newark, 136; in the Centennial 
Naval Parade, 142; list of invited 
guests on the. 142; Proceedings, 7 

New Jersey Newspapers in the Eigh- 
teenth Century —William Nelson, 
115 

New Jersey Newspapers, files of, 134 

New Netherland, 10 

Newspaper Extracts relating to New 
Jersey. i776. 120 

Newspapers of New Jersey prior to 1800. 
120 

New Sweden, Dutch control over, 6; 
history of. 7 

Newton. Sir William. 136 

New York Colonial Documents, 7, 15; 
Documentary History of. 15 

New York Historical Society, 14. 104: 
Collections of, 5 

Nichols. Sayres O., 147 

Niles. Nathaniel, 91.92. 115.117,121,125, 
126, l:iS, 129. 148. 149. 1,50 

Niles's Weekly Register, set of. 135 

Nixon. John T., 36, 37, 63, 125, 146 

Norris, John, 144 

Norton, James F., 144 

Notes, historical and biographical, con- 
cerning Elizabethtown, 9, 56 

O'Callaghan, E. B.. M. D., 10. 14 

O'Farrell. Rt. Rev. Michael J., 145 
Ogden, Col. Aaron, .59, 61 

Elias Bailey Dayton. 59, 63 

Francis Barber, 145 

Mrs. Francis Barber, 138; portrait of. 
69 

Mary. 61 

Robert 61 
Old Burying Ground, Newark. 52 

photographs of ancient tombstones 
in, 135 
Old Gloucester, Reminiscences of. 12 
Old Tennent Church, 55 
Olden. Charles S.. 34, 62, 63 
O" Neill, Patrick H., 144 

Pangborn. Z. K.. 146 

Paris. Ferdinand John, papers of, 69. 

133 
Park Presbyterian Church. Newark, 85, 
8o; congregation, 84. 96. 139. 140. 141 
Parker, Cortlandt. 17. 45 

Elisha, 19, 21 

James, 4. 5, 9, 19, 21. 38 

Joel. 62. 63. 117, 121, 125 

R. Wayne, 147 
Parrish, Dr. Joseph, 43 
Paterson, .59; Records of the Township 

of. 107 
Paterson. Rev. Andrew Bell. D. D.. 61, 84 

William F., 144 
Patterson, John H., 142 
Pearson. Charles L., 17 
Peck. Cyrus, 98 
Peningtbn. John. 11 
Penn. William, 14, K33 
Pennington. Ephraim, 28 

James W., 48 

Judah. 28 

Samuel. 28. 146 

Samuel H.. M. D.. LL. D.. 95. 146; an 
original member of the Society. 
1845, 17; acting Librarian, 184S-1852, 



GENERAI, INDEX. 



l8l 



52: member of the Executive Com- 
mittee. 18)2-1871. 2H; Vice Presi- 
dent, 1871-1894.29: President. 1894- 
1S9(). 29; on Centenniiil Committee 
of 1889. 125. 126: biotrniphical sketch 
of. 28-29 
Gov. William. 28, 31. 37. 47. (il, (5:5 
Gov. William S.. 28. 48 

Pennintrton Seminary. 14(5 

Penn's Neck. Swedisli mission at. 7 

Pennsylvania. Smith's History of. 4. 5: 
''Annals. ■"7: Archives. 7: Magazine 
of History and Biography. 7: Me- 
moirs of the Historical Society of. 7 

Pepys. Samuel. 7."> 

Perrine. Lewis. 142 

Perry. Nehemiah, 85 

Perth Ambov. 51 : annals of. 9 

Pfelfler. George. 143 

Philadelphia. 7 

Pinneo. James B.. 85 

Pitnev Henrv C. 129. 142 

Pitt. Jesse B.. 139, 140 

Plantagenet. Beauchamp, tract by, 10 

Ployden. Sir Edmund 11 

Plume. Joseph W., 145 

Plympton. Hannah, 135 

Pompton Plains, History of.' 109 

Portraits in the Society's Libra- 
ry:— Isaac Andrus. Thomas Bar- 
ron. Aaron Burr. Henry t'lay, Ed- 
ward Crowell, Kev. Hooper Cum- 
ming. Matthias W, Day. Robert 
Drummond and wife (Jannetje 
Vreeland). Theodore Frelinghuy- 
sen. Daniel Haines. Capt. Levi 
Holden and wife (Hannah Plymp- 
ton). Joseph Coerten Hornblower. 
Ccl Edmund L. Joy, Captain James 
Lawrence, Rev. John McDowell, 
Rev. Nicholas Murray. Mrs. Fran- 
cis Barber Ogden, Rev. Irena3us 
Prime. Col. Peter Schuyler. Rich- 
ard Stockton, William' A. White- 
head, 135-136 

Potter. Henrv A., 147 

Potts. Edward B., 144 

Stacy Gardiner, 16, 17, 33. 70, 84, 110, 

113 
William John. 145 

Price. Richard A.. 144 
Rodman M.. 145 

Prime. Rev. Dr. Samuel Irenaeus, 41. 
.56; portrait of, 69. 136 

Princeton. 57. 61. 90. 125 

College. 58.60, 61.63; President of. 145 
Theological Seminary, ,55. 5b, 146 
University olTers the Society a per- 
manent home. 98 

Proceedings of the .Society, account of 
publication of. 99-100 " 

Proprietors' surrender to the Crown in 
1702. original instructions of, 133 

Proud, Robert. History of Pennsylvania. 
5 

Provincial (^ons-ie^s. ));i))ersof, 133 

Courts of New .lelsrv. 101 

Prudential Insurance ( 'ompany, meet- 
ings held in building of. 74 
Public Records in counties, jjroposed ex- 
aminalion of. 1 13 
Commission. 1898. 113 
in I'lssex county, notice of. 115 
orilce of England. 14. 16, 1 12. 115. 
117 



Publication Fund, need for a, 133 
Publications of the .Society. 99 
Public documents furnished to the So- 
ciety bv law. ()•» 
Pumpelly. Josiah Collins, 91, 14.5. 149, 1.50 

Raccoon, Swedish mission in, 7 
Race. Henry. M. U.. 146 
Randolph. Bennington F.. 145 

Theodore F., 62. 63. 95. 110 
Rankin. Abigail, 141 

William, 85. 141 
Raritan King. 11 
Reed. Alfred. 142 

Revolutionary period, documents rela- 
ting to New Jersey in. 119 

Series of N. J. Archives. 120 
Reynolds. William M.. I). 1).. 7 
Ricord, Elizabeth Strvker. 54 

Frederick W., 54.' 79. 80. 91. 93. 94, 
119. 121. 124. 12.5. 146: elected Libra- 
rian and Treasurer of the Society, 
,54: sketch of. .54 
Ricord. Dr. Jean Baptiste. .54 
Righter. William A., 149, 150 
Riker. Adrian. 144 

Chandler W., 98 
Roberts. Jonathan W.. 145; offers to 
guarantee the erection of a perma- 
nent home for the Society at Mor- 
ristovvn, 94 

L. H.. 147 
Robeson. George M., 129 

William P.. 17. 61, 84 
Rockwood. Charles G.. 147 
Rodgers, Rev. John. 23 

Rev. Ravaud K., D. D.. 2.'. 23. 95 
Roe. Joseph B.. 143 
Ross James. 49 
Rudman. Rev. Andreas. 7 
Rue. John D., 143 

N. S.. 145 
Rusling. Gen. James F.. 147 
Rutgers College. .54. .58, 60. 63. 135. 146 
Rutherfurd John. 21. 26. 51. 85: sketch 
of. 21-22; memoir of. 51 

Lewis M.. 85 

Livingston, 22 

Louisa. 22 

Mary. 22 

Miss . 76 

Robert Walter. 22 

Walter. 21. 75. 77 
Rutherfurd Manuscripts, 69, 133, 134 
Ryerson. Martin J.. 109 

Salem. 61. 100: tlrst settlement of, 10 

Salem county historical society. 133 
Tenth, 133 

Salter. Edwin. Manuscripts of. 131 

San Domingo, (,'athedral of. liurial of 
CJolumbus in. 51 

Sandford. Major William, 38 

Sandford. Mary. 38 

Sawyer. Henry M.. 145 

Sayres. Caleb! 137. 138 

Scandinavian settlements in New Jer- 
sey. 7 

Scarborough. Rt. Rev. John. 145 

Schenck. Rev. Garret ('.. D. D.. 11: 
History of Pompton Plains by. lO.l 

Schnielz. Joseph, 142 

Sell roth. John. 1 12 

Schuyler, Col. Peter, portrait of, 69, I3() 



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GENERAL INDEX. 



Scott, Austin, Ph, D., LL, D., President 

of Rutsrers College. 122, 129, 146 
Scudder Ariel T,,H4 

Edward Wallace. LL,. D., 142 
Sedgwick, Theodore, memoir of William 

Livingston bv, 6 
"Sentinel of Freedom," 1796-1852, file of, 

134 
Sewell. William J.. 145 
Sheldon, Rev. Dr. George, 62 
Shipman, Caleb H.. 85 
Sims, Clifford Stanley, 128, 129. 150 
Smith, A. D,, 141 
Adam C. 144 
Rev. Caleb. 23 
Peter D.. 143 

Samuel, 4. 5, 7; MSS. of. 69, 133; His- 
tory of New Jer.sey and Pennsyl- 
vania, by, 4 
William Peartree. letter-book of. 133 
Society's Library and Publications. 66, 

99 
Somerset County Historical Society, 123 
Spencer. Jonathan J., 17 
Spicer, Jacob, diary of, 133 
Spinney, Geo. F.. 147 
Spragu'e. William B.. D. D., 56 
Squier. Nathan, 137. 138 
Starkey. Rt. Rev. Thomas A.. 145 
Statistics, Committee on, special work 

of, 124 
Steam Engine, first in America, 18 
Steele. Dudley S.. 145 
Stephens, Thomas H,. 85 
Sterling. Edward B., 1.50 
Stevens, Henry. 112. 113, 115, 117 
Stewart, John H.. 142 
Stirling. Lord, Life of, 33; papers of, 69. 

103. 133 
Stockholm. 6. 7 
"Stockton. John P., 14 2 

Richard. 20; portrait of, 69, 136 
Strange. Wm , 147 
Strijcker. Jan. 48 
Strong, Rev. James, 147 
Stryker, Elizabeth, 54 
Rev. Peter, 54 
Thomas J., 48. 49. 71 
Adjutant General William S., 49, 
125, 142: on Committee on Colonial 
and Revolutionary Documents. 121 ; 
President New jersey Historical 
Society. 29; editor N. J. Archives, 
122; member of Public Records 
Commission, 113 
Stuart. Gilbert. 69 

Studdiford. Rev. Samuel M., D. D.. 25 
Stuyvesant. Helen, 85 
Sudbury, Mass.. 135 

Swedish settlements in New Jersey. 67 
Swords Col. Robert Smith, 23. 50, 51, 77, 
78, 79, 80, 95 

Tardier, 128 

Taylor. Rev. Benjamin C, 50 

Ten Brook. Joseph. 137 

Tennent, Rev. William. Life of, by 

Thomas Henderson, M. D., 133 
Tennent Church. .55 
Thompson. Lewis A., 143 

R. B., Ill 
Tichenor, Francis M., 97, 98 
Tiffany & Company. Centennial Medal 

made by. 128, 148 
Todd, Andrew, 25 



Toffey, John J., 144 
Traver, C, L.. 149, 150 
Trenchard, Thomas W., 144 
Trenton, 51 .52, 53, 55, .58, 59, 70, 80, 86. 89 
90, 9i, 126 

Presbyterian church, 58 

State Gazette, 58 
Trier, Reuben, 144 
Trimmer. Lawrence H.. 144 
Trinity church, Newark. 95 
Tuttle. Rev. Joseph F., D, D., 134; Man- 
uscripts, 134 

Joseph N.. 65, 82 

William, 54 

Ulrich, John, 144 
Upham. Rev. F. S.. 147 
Upper Librarv Hall, 72, 73 
Utter, Samuel, 140 

Vail. Alfred. Manuscripts of, 134 

Dr. M. H. C 135 
Valentine. David T., 14 
Van Arsdale. Elias, 138 

Mrs. Jacob. 135 
Van Fleet, Abraham V.. 14J 
Van Neste Rev. George J.. 109 
Van Syckel. Bennet. 142 
Vance", A. A.. 146 
Vermilyea, Jacob D.. 85 
Voorhees, Governor Foster M., 113, 144 
Vosseller, Elias, 149. 150 
Vreeland, Jannetje. portrait of, 135 
Vroom. Cornells Pieterse, 31 

Ex-Governor Peter D,, 16, 31, 63 

Garret D. W., 97. 121, 122, 124, 126, 127, 
US. 129. 142, 149, 1.50 

Hendrick Corsen, 31 

Wall. Gen. Garret Dorset. 64, 72 

Wallace. William C 28 

Ward. Marcus L., 62, 63, 85, 121 
Thomas, 140 

Washington. Gen. George, 124, 125, 128; 
Irving's Life of, 14; medal in com- 
memoration of inauguration of, 
127-129; Houdon's bust of, 128 

Washington Association, Morristown, 
62, 94, 95; origin of, 95 

Washington's Headquarters at Morris- 
town, plan to purchase for the New 
Jersey Historical Society, 95; offer 
to provide a building for the Soci- 
ety at, 94 

Weeks, John R.. 8.3.85 

William R. 96, 97. 149, 1.50 

Welch, William W., 145 

Wellington, the conqueror of Napoleon, 
68 

Werts. Governor George T., 143 

West, James 145 

West Jersey, settlement of, 5 

Whitehead, William. 37 

William Adee, 10. 23. 42. 86. 88, 89, 94. 
111. 112. 118. 121; beginning of his 
historical work. 9. 10, 12; furnishes 
material for Barber and Howe's 
"Historical Collections of New 
Jersey," 12; his history of "East 
Jersey under the Proprietary 
Governments," :«», 103; an orig- 
inal member of the Historical 
Society, 17; its tlrst Correspond- 
ing Secretary, 1845 188.5, 37; re- 
ports on New Jersey records 



GENKKAI. INDKX. iSl 



In EntrliUKl. l.i. Ki: on i-ommil- VVifiicnmayer, George W., 14S 

tee to meinoriiilizc the Le^'ishi- VViu'^er. lit. Rev. Winand Michael H."i 

ture. 184.1. lH.'>(i. 110. 11-.': on eonimil- Wilder. Knos. 146 

tee to secure (iocnnients from Kntr Wilkinson. E. A.. 145 

land, 111. 121: editor -Analvlical Williams. Marcus. Kr. 

Index." 113. 1 U; editor New Jersey Williamson, B.. Jr. H7 

Archives, ill. 117. llil. 1-.J1; liis Mrs. I}.. Jr.. 14!l. l.^o 

■(."oiUributions to East Jersey His- Wilson. Peter, bio^rraphy of. .57 

torv." 4t); editor Morris Papers. Winian. Erastus. Irifi, 14H 

1(1.5; Historical Address at hi cen- Wood. Jolui ('.. 14.5 

tennial anni\ ei-sary of Newark. 107; William Nelson. H4 

opposed to local tiistoric;il socie- Woodhridj-'e. 'ri; prinlint: press at. 

ties. l-_'3: l)io;,'raphical sketch of. town records. 107 

37-41; portrait of. t)l». K^fi; beiiueaths Woodward. Charles T.. 14.5 

his manuscripts to the .Society. Gi», Wren, Sir Christopher, WS 

i;^4 Wurts. (ieorKe. 14(5 

Whitney. Rev. CJeo. H.. 147 Wyckoff. Martin, 14;t 

Whittaker. Jonathan S., 14J 

"Wickes. Dr. Stephen. 41. lli.5. 14t5: the Yard. Major James S.. 107 

second Correspond intr Secretary of Yountr. Adolphus Pennin^'lon. 47 
the .Society. 1885-1890. 42: favors Captain Aaron. 48 

local historical societies, l:i3; bio- John M.. 147 

graphical sketch of. 41-43 



iM 8 1903 



